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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1985
FROM THE STADIUM IT WAS BACK TO THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, WHERE SIR PHILIP WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE NEWLY REORGANISED URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS +SHAKING DOWN+ TO ITS WIDER RESPONSIBILITIES.
SIR PHILIP WAS GIVEN A FULL RUN-DOWN ON THE RELATIVELY SMOOTH TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, AND HIS TWO DEPUTIES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, WHO LOOKS AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND ADMINISTRATION, AND MRS HELEN YU, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES.
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GUIDELINES ON 'DOUBTFUL PUBLICATIONS SET OUT
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION BRANCH TODAY EXPLAINED THE GUIDELINES USED BY THE BRANCH WHEN CONSIDERING DOUBTFUL PUBLICATIONS TO BE REFERRED TO THE CROWN PROSECUTOR FOR LEGAL ADVICE AS TO WHETHER THE PUBLICATIONS IN QUESTION ARE IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE, CAP. 150.
THE GUIDELINES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. DISPLAY OF HUMAN BODY PER SE IS NOT OBJECTIONABLE.
HOWEVER, DISPLAYS IN PICTORIAL FORM (WHETHER PHOTOGRAPHS OR DRAWINGS), AND DESCRIPTIONS IN WRITTEN TEXT MIGHT BE OBJECTIONABLE IF THEY:
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(A) INCLUDE MINORS IN SUCH DISPLAY;
(B) INVOLVE SEXUAL ACTS OF ANY FORM,
INCLUDING DEPICTION OF HOMOSEXUAL AND LESBIAN PRACTICES,
OTHER FORMS OF OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE THOSE DISPLAYING PERVERTED BEHAVIOUR, EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE, CRUELTY AND MATTERS OF A REVOLTING NATURE.
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