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And, Sir, as I have indicated, not all the films were in fact critical of China. Four were critical of the United States, one of France and one
of South Korea. Mr. Martin LEE has said that the two films 'The Coldest
Winter in Peking' and 'If I were For Real' have been described by the
chief censor as 'the worst', that is to say, they deserve banning more
than any other film. Mr. LEE has made much of this point and as 10 Members
of this Council have seen these films, I think I owe it to the chief
censor to read a statement which has just made to me about these films :
'Mr. Martin LEE approached the Commissioner for Television and
Entertainment Licensing for examples of films which illustrate
political overturns in relation to China which could cause a film
to be banned on the ground that it could damage the good relations with other territories. I (as the chief censor's speaking) suggested
three films and also provided the names of the distributors to enable
Mr. LEE to see the films if he so wished. My reasons for suggesting
the three films are firstly because they were the most talked
about; and secondly, since these films were recently submitted to
me for examination, they are likely to be available for showing
to Mr. LEE. I have not suggested, at any point, the films of the
worst cases. In fact they are not.'.
Sir, I am sure that most members of this Council
would agree that the individual rights and freedoms of
people who make and watch films cannot be absolute. They
have to be tempered by other peoples' rights
rights and what is
best in the interest of the.community as a whole. Indeed,
this including Mr. Martin LEE,
all members of the Council, by accepting that some form of
censorship should be maintained in Hong Kong,
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