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never fully in the affirmative or in the negative. Hence, the discretion that is allowed governments under the covenant and whose determination is before us in this
debate. I also believe, incidentally, that one can validly
deferentiate films from other forms of expression for the purposes of this censorship, so that the singling out does It may not necessarily weaken the compatability argument. well be, and I wish this could be the case, that the fears of possible prejudice to good relations through the content, artistic expression, or visual presentation of cinematographic material, are exaggerated.
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this, again, depends upon political judgement rather than legal definitions. We should, of course, bear in mind that the reactions in China to comment from abroad have of late
become less defensive and that the country's open-door policies have led, not only to greater confidence at home, but also to the better recognition of the existence in other places of many different views and approaches and they believe in the intrinsic value of criticism. However, in the absence of clear signals to that effect that tolerance is unlimited, particularly as regards comment in and from Hong Kong,
it would appear not to be in Hong Kong's best interests to provocatively test the boundaries of such acceptance or such
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For this reason, sir, I believe that it is necessary
to remain at this point in time for regulation 3A (7) included in the regulations and I shall accordingly vote against the motion today while reserving my position on any future
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