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So let me deal first with the submission
of the learned Attorney, who was courteous indeed in supplying me a copy of his speech. Sir, he said that whether this particular provision is consistent with Her Majesty's Government's obligations under international law is a matter for HMG in the United Kingdom. He followed that by saying, and I quote: "If there were a breach of the covenant in Hong Kong, it would be Her Majesty's Government who would have to answer for it in the committee of the United Nations responsible for monitoring adherence to the international covenant and for determining whether there have been departures from its obligations."
Then may I respectfully ask who will take the matter there? Will the Hong Kong Government take the matter there? Will the UK Government take the matter there? Or will the
PRC Government take the matter there?
The learned Attorney then said, and here I quote him again: "All one can say at this stage is that a censor who conscientiously decided that a film or a particular series of films could not be shown without damaging good relations with other territories would be acting within the scope of the restrictions permitted by the covenant." The question I raise is: Are these decisions really made by the Censor or are they made by the 24 Political Adviser?
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In fact, Dr. Ho Kam-fai said this in reference to "The Coldest Winter in Peking. He said: "Whether it is offensive is for that country to judge." So, apparently, for the PRC to judge. Do I take it, then, it is not for the Hong Kong Government to judge? But I think Dr. Ho is at least telling the truth when he said that, because I know from enquiries made that indeed the film censors will take the advice or is it order
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I asked expressly for the reasons why the two
36 films which we saw two nights ago were banned. The Political