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    Magna Carta coming to Hong Kong 11-14 November

    Laying down the law: Magna Carta will be displayed in Hong Kong as part of its world tour | South China Morning Post

    From the Consulate website: https://www.gov.uk/government/world-...s-to-hong-kong
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    Thanks for posting about this. It's a piece of my heritage I've never managed to see and look forward to doing so next month.

    And that the only surviving copy of the King's Writ will also be displayed...!

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    The British Library is an excellent resource for information on the Magna Carta, including an English translation of the original 63 clauses.

    Magna Carta - The British Library

    English translation of Magna Carta - The British Library


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    Political significance of the magna carta should be interesting in HK, especially the part about personal liberties. True, the original intent of the charter was protection of these baron's rights against the Crown, and not the protection of the common citizen. But its modern day legacy is the enshrinement of personal liberties vs the encroachment of the government.

    Surely, HK government will ignore that? Hehehe.


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    And the BigLychee's take on it all.

    HK prepares for wapentake and scutage frenzy | Big Lychee, Various Sectors

    The big, tough, almighty and hyper-confident Chinese authorities were so nervous of the 600-year-old scrawled-Latin document that they (in effect) cancelled its recent public display in Beijing and Shanghai, confining it to British consular premises.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cho-man:
    Political significance of the magna carta should be interesting in HK, especially the part about personal liberties. True, the original intent of the charter was protection of these baron's rights against the Crown, and not the protection of the common citizen. But its modern day legacy is the enshrinement of personal liberties vs the encroachment of the government.

    Surely, HK government will ignore that? Hehehe.
    Yeah, I don't see CY popping in for a viewing.
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    It is interesting that this document is being displayed in a city where the original articles are so systematically being eroded.

    Article 35: “There shall be standard measures of wine, ale, and corn (the London quarter)”.

    Just remember this next time you are served a glass of beer or wine that is smaller than 2 pints. This is where erosion of your rights gets you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    It's a piece of my heritage
    Wow, we knew you were old, but...
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    As the Magna Carta is all about the king being allowed to keep his job and his head as long as he lets the landed gentry do things the way they want to, it seems very much the sort of thing CY might be interested in ... plus ça change, and all that ...


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    Bumping this to remind...


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