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REVIEW OF APPROVED FILMS
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A FILM APPROVED FOR EXHIBITION BY THE FILM CENSORS MAY BE REVIEWED ON APPLICATION RECEIVED EITHER FROM FILM PRODUCERS OR DISTRIBUTORS OR FROM THE PUBLIC, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON D.C. BRAY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
+ IF A FILM PRODUCER OR DISTRIBUTOR IS AGGRIEVED BY ANY DECISION OF THE FILM CENSORS HE MAY APPLY DIRECT TO THE FILM CENSORSHIP AUTHORITY FOR A REVIEW BY THE BOARD OF REVIEW.
+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OBJECT TO A FILM BEING EXHIBITED IN THE FORM AS APPROVED BY THE FILM CENSOR MAY REQUEST A REVIEW, BY WRITING TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY STATING THE GROUNDS OF THE OBJECTION, HE SAID.
IF THE FILM HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW, THE CHIEF SECRETARY MAY, IF HE SEES FIT, ORDER THAT THE FILM BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD AND MAY IMPOSE ANY CONDITIONS FOR THE REVIEW HE THINKS JUSTIFIED. HE MAY ORDER THAT THE FILM NOT BE EXHIBITED UNTIL IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, MR BRAY SAID, REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW.
THE DECISION OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW, MR BRAY POINTED OUT, SUPERSEDES ANY MADE BY THE FILM CENSORS AND IS FINAL.
+THE PRESENT SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDES FOR REVIEW BOTH ON APPLICATION FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, AND ALSO FROM CITIZENS CONCERNED GENERALLLY WITH CENSORSHIP STANDARDS IS FAIR.
+ IT ENSURES ON THE ONE HAND THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FILM INDUSTRY ARE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED, AND, ON THE OTHER, THAT CENSORSHIP STANDARDS REFLECT THE STANDARDS OF THE AVERAGE HONG KONG RESIDENT, MR BRAY SAID.
NINE BILLS PASSED ***
NINE BILLS WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THEY ARE THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION BILL 1982, THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1982, THE ROAD TRAFFIC BILL 1982, THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982, THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1982, THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1982, THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 AND THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982.
TWO OTHER BILLS. THE PUBLIC FINANCE BILL 1982 AND THE PNEUMOCON IOSIS (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1982 WERE INTRODUCED AND READ A SECOND TIME AND DEBATE ON THEM WAS ADJOURNED.
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