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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YRTELNO 46: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1989: ORDER-IN-COUNCIL
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1. ON 26 FEBRUARY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS TO DEBATE A MOTION ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN HONG KONG. THIS WILL COVER, INTER ALIA, THE FUTURE OF THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1911. WE BELIEVE FROM IN-HOUSE LEGCO MEETINGS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT THAT SENTIMENT WILL FAVOUR THE REPEALING OF SECTION 2 OF THE 1911 ACT. SHOULD THIS BE THE CASE, WE HAVE IN MIND TO RESPOND POSITIVELY IN THE LEGCO DEBATE BY SAYING THAT WE ARE SEEKING THE APPLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 1989 TO HONG KONG BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL. EXCO'S ADVICE ON THIS IS BEING SOUGHT TOMORROW (25 FEBRUARY).
2. WE TRUST THAT THIS FURTHER REVISION TO THE PROPOSED TIME-TABLE WILL CAUSE YOU NO PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO PARTICULAR HURRY, WE WOULD PREFER THE ORDER TO BE MADE, IF POSSIBLE, DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS, IF POSSIBLE DESKBY 25003OZ.
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