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neighbours or of our trading partners, should be shown.
should emphasise that generally we take the decisions not
to show such films on our own initiative, based on our
judgement of the likelihood of the film causing serious
But we do not simply, as Mr. Martin LEE has offence to other territories. Only rarely do we respond suggested, second guess the reaction of other territories. Over the years, diplomatic to diplomatic_protests,although____the
although the fact that some
protests have been made over the years from countries, both
such protects
inside and outside the region./are a clear indication that
exception is taken to propaganda films being shown in Hong
Kong and that there is indeed a need to protect our
relations with other territories by not permitting such
films to be shown here.
the
I turn now to question as to what extent the
freedom of expression might be curtailed by the retention of Regulation 3A (7), I believe the figures speak for themselves. Over the past. 14 years, about 10,000 films have been submitted for censorship. A total of 15 films,
nine
only one or two a year,
two a year, from different countries have
been banned.
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