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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975
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NEW CONTROLS SOON ON SMUT PUBLICATIONS
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DRAFT LEGISLATION AIMED AT CURBING PUBLICATIONS OF A PORNOGRAPHIC OR VIOLENT NATURE HAS NOW BEEN DRAFTED AND IS AT PRESENT THE SUBJECT OF CONSULTATION WITHIN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS WAS REVEALED TODAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. G.C. THORNTON IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH.
MR. THORNTON SAID IT IS EXPECTED THAT A NEW DRAFT BILL WHICH SEEKS TO CURB THESE PUBLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AIMED AT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, WILL SOON BE READY FOR SUBMISSION TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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BUDGET FOR PROMOTING OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO THE NEED TO INCREASE THE BUDGET OF $200,000 EARMARKED FOR THE PROMOTION *** OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT FROM OVERSEAS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TOLD COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN, HE SAID, THAT FINAL PLANS FOR SPENDING THE SUM PROVIDED IN THE 1975-76 ESTIMATES HAVE YET TO BE AGREED.
HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN IN THE LIGHT OF OUR PREVAILING FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, +IF AND WHEN THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE SUM PROVIDED IN THE 1975-76 ESTIMATES IS PATENTLY INADEQUATE.+
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