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Secretary for Administrative Services and Information
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Sir, I'm most grateful to my Honourable Members for their support for this bill. As Mr. YEUNG Po-kwan has pointed
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out, much time and effort have been devoted to this exercise.
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I shall record our very great and sincere appreciation for the work done by the ad hoc Group.
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I Am personally indebted to the Ghairman, Mr. YEUNG Po-kwan, for his forbearance and patience in dealing with what he must have regarded as a somewhat stubborn administration.
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May I, Sir, refer to some of the points that have been raised today. I doubt, Sir, I need to say much about the relevance of Article 19. Suffice to say that we have given assurance in the past, and I repeat this assurance, that the bill before this Council' is not incompatible with Article 19 of the Covenant.
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Mr. Martin Lee referred to the desirability of having a judge to chair the Board of Review, if the Board should come to examine a film which is banned under Clause 10(2)(c) ie. on the grounds that the exhibition of that is likely to cause serious damage to the relations with other territories. I can only note his comment on this particular aspect, and when it comes to making an appointment, it will be a matter under the new bill, for the Governor. And I'm sure the Governor will have this on record when such an appointment is made.
As Mr. YEUNG Po-kwan has pointed out, representatives from the film industry, and cinema operators in particular, have raised some practical matters related to the bill in its present form. The original bill contains provisions for
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the existing practice whereby film distributors submit advertising materials for films to the Commissioner for Television and
Entertainment Licensing.