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FALSE NEWS LIKELY TO CAUSE PUBLIC ALARM OR DISORDER UNLESS THE
PUBLISHER CAN SHOW THAT HE HAD REASONABLE GROUNDS FOR BELIEVING
THE NEWS WAS TRUE.'' INSERT BEFORE THE FINAL SENTENCE : ''THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD MONITOR THE
EFFECTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND WOULD REVIEW ITS PROVISIONS SHOULD IT
BECOME NECESSARY TO DO SO. IN THE FINAL SENTENCE, INSERT
1 1 INCLUDING THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
r PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG'', AFTER
THE HONG KONG MEDIA''
THE
OF
FILMS
(G) PARA 72 : AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE INSERT A NEW SENTENCE :
''THE PRACTICES OF FILM CENSORSHIP HAVE BEEN LONG STANDING.
NEXT SENTENCE SHOULD BE AMENDED TO READ: ''THE PURPOSE.
TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH CURRENT STANDARDS.'' DELETE THE FINAL SENTENCE.
FIRST SENTENCE TO READ
IS BEING MAINTAINED.
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**CONFIDENCE IN THE
(H) PARA 74 : AMEND
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
THE LAST TWO SENTENCES
SHOULD BE AMENDED TO READ: ''AS REGARDS EMIGRATION, THERE HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN SOME OUTFLOW OF PEOPLE, MUCH OF IT BEING TO JOIN FAMILY MEMBERS ALREADY LIVING IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY BE LEAVING BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE LEVEL OF
EMIGRATION IS EXPECTIED TO INCREASE AS A RESULT OF THE MORE LIBERAL
POLICIES BEING ADOPTED BY THE MAIN RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES IN THE
GRANTING OF RESIDENCE PERMITS. ON THE OTHER HAND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO HAD EMIGRATED IN THE PAST ARE RETURNING
TO LIVE AND WORK IN HONG KONG BECAUSE THEY PREFER ITS LIFE STYLE AND
THE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IT OFFERS.
2. WE ALSO SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS/AMENDMENTS
(A) PARA 28
:
''YEARS'' AT THE END OF FIRST LINE SHOULD READ
''YEAR' ;
1
(B) PARA 34, FIFTH SENTENCE :
FUTURE EXCHANGE SHOULD READ
''FUTURES EXCHANGE'' AND SHOULD HAVE CAPITAL F AND E:
·
(C) PARA 35, SECOND SENTENCE
SHOULD BE REMOVED :
THE COMMA AFTER THE BRACKETS
INSTITUTIONS''
(D) PARA 43, SECOND SENTENCE : THE COMMA AFTER SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A COLON, AND ''UNIVERSITIES'' SHOULD HAVE A CAPITAL U:
(E) PARA 47, SECOND SENTENCE
''TAXATION'' SHOULD BE REPLACED BY
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