RITISH CITIZENS FOR HONG KONG
The Rt. Hon. John Biffen,
Guest,
Hotel Furama,
Hong Kong.
Central,
Dear Mr. Biffen,
20th September, 1990
CC Ms Saunders re 1.
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Mr Sounty ms coglin
re 2. re 3.
grateful for conmbutions
to a draft sofs reply to nur Biffer, who received this While in HK
by Cap 15/10
If possible. Thank
10/10
Mücda Har Lock
Thank you very much for coming to see us on Tuesday last. We regretted not having more time to talk to you, and were grateful for those observations you were able to make.
I set out briefly below the areas in which BCHK feel there is a particular need for action by the British Government (and for intervention by members of parliament to ensure that such action is taken) to protect the interests of Hong Kong in the run up to 1997:-
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The early appointment of a Governor who would be in a position to act as Chief Executive following the hand-over of the territory in 1997. The sooner that such a person is installed, the more likely it is that the Government of Hong Kong will be unaffected by the transition of sovereignty in 1997.
The promulgation of a Bill of Rights which is truly entrenched (in particular by the removal of the present Clause 4, which permits the provisions of the Bill to be overriden by subsequent legislation).
Preventing what are perceived here as abuses of the rule of law on the part of the Hong Kong executive. The most recent and well-publicised instance of this was the prosecution of participants in a political demonstration for the use of loud-hailers without licence, under a statute which had not been invoked for the last 50 years and was generally considered obsolete.
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