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Tuesday, March 27, 1973
CHIEF FILM CENSOR TAKING LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Two Film Censors Also Retiring Soon
The Commissioner for Television & Films, Mr. N.J.V. Watt, disclosed
today that the Chief Film Censor, Mr. William Hung, is taking a prolonged
leave of absence, and is not likely to return to film censorship in a full-time
capacity.
"However," Mr. Watt said, "we are hoping that we will still be able
to call for advice occasionally from Mr. Hung's great experience of film
censoring in Hong Kong which extends over a period of 15 years. Mr, Hung was
recently given a farewell lunch by some of his colleagues in Government and was
presented with a commemerative silver bowl."
Mr. Watt also revealed that two further members of the Panel of
Film Censors will be retiring shortly and that to fill these and other vacancies
on the Panel, he had offered appointment to four qualified applicants who
had presented themselves during a recent recruiting exercise.
Mr. Watt said that he had taken the opportunity to select people
of a considerably younger age than those customarily chosen in the past.
"It was important," Mr. Watt said, "that the composition of the
panel of film censors as far as possible should accurately reflect the diversed
ages and tastes found in our rapidly growing and developing society."
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