Hung Hom cinema will bring the People's Liberation Army to Hong Kong.
For these reasons, Sir, I believe that it is necessary for me to
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I now move on to political censorship of films. are moving towards 1997, the people of Hong Kong are extremely concerned about any legislation which has a likely effect of infringing any of our freedoms. We are today concerned with a fundamental freedom, the freedom of expression, which has just been
enshrined in Article 19 of the international covenant on
covenant on civil and civic and political rights. and now I read the whole Article 19.
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"1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without reference.
2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds regardless of frontiers; either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art or through any other media of his choice.
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3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restriction but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary:
for respect of the rights or reputation of others; for the protection of national security or of public order, ordre publique, or of public health or morals. As we all know, this national covenant has been enscrined in the Sino British Joint Declaration, no doubt it will also be incorporated into the Basic Law.
It is important to bear in mind that freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of a free society and one of the basic conditions for its progress and for each individual's self-fulfilment. It applies not only to information or ideas that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference but also to those that offend,
shock or disturb.
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Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no true free society.
In this regard I wish to pose the following questions
colleagues' consideration. (1) Do we really
If we allow
need political censorship of films today? (2) political censorship of films to exist today, what safeguard can