TNAG-2177-FCO40-3114-Hong-Kong-Bill-of-Rights-1990 — Page 138

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香港下亞畢道

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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

Mr Charles Haswell,

SEAD,

FCO.

Dew Whaler, севи

People

HKD21

HKD 24

CE

25 OCT 1990

15 October 1990

TRY Motion Takan

My fax of 15 October on

Vietnamese

Boat

and the Bill of Rights refers. Enclosed is a note by the Attorney Generals Chambers which covers the general points. We have since set up a review group to study the impact of the Bill on the Hong Kong Immigra- tion Ordinance, and the group's conclusion on Vietnamese Boat People is that overall the existing provisions are reasonably bill-proof. But in the end,

the end, only time

will tell.

You fuer вся

(C E Leeks)

for Secretary for Security

c.c. Ms P A Major, HKD, FCO.

with encl

Mr Bruce STAD

Dur Ffout

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24/10.