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through, for instance, the use of specially compiled
teaching materials. District Boards and District
Fight Crime Committees are also paying closer
attention to juvenile offences in their areas.
(d)
Public Order and Censorship
68.
the
There was considerable controversy and
comment in Hong Kong, particularly in the media, over
enactment in March 1987 of the Public Order
(Amendment) Ordinance. This Ordinance was part of a
package which repealed all but one of the strict
legislative provisions applicable to the media which,
although rarely if ever invoked, had been on the
local statute book since 1951. During the debate the
Hong Kong Government made it clear that the provision
being retained, which prohibits the deliberate
publication of false news, was a measure of last
resort which would only be used in very limited
circumstances. In the meantime, the Hong Kong media
have remained as outspoken and free from government
interference as ever.
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