WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
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+ IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE SELECTION WOULD END UP WITH ABOUT HALF THE PANEL MEMBERS BEING OF THE FEMALE SEX TO REFLECT THE COMPOSITION OF OUR TOTAL POPULATION,+ HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT DURING PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE BILL IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT PUBLIC CONCERN WAS FOCUSED NOT ONLY ON HAVING CLASS 111 ARTICLES PROHIBITED ALTOGETHER BUT ALSO ON ENSURING THAT CLASS I ARTICLES, WHICH WERE INDECENT, WERE NOT SOLD TO JUVENILES.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE BILL WAS FULFILLED, HE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD HAVE TO STUDY WHETHER IN PRACTICE ALL CLASS II ARTICLES WOULD HAVE TO BE SEALED WITH OPAQUE OR OTHER MATERIALS, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE LARGE PRINT INDICATING THAT SUCH MATERIAL WAS NOT TO BE SOLD TO JUVENILES, HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT SINCE MATERIAL THAT WAS OBSCENE OR INDECENT INCLUDED MATERIAL THAT WAS VIOLENT, DEPRAVED OR REPULSIVE, HE HOPED THAT THE ELEMENT OF VIOLENCE, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS LINKED WITH A SEXUAL COMPONENT, SHOULD AT ALL TIMES BE BORNE IN MIND BY A TRIBUNAL IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER PRONENESS TOWARDS VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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LACK OF DIRECT ACCESS REGRETTED *****
THE HON HUI YIN-FAT EXPRESSED REGRET IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD FAILED TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT DIRECTLY ARTICLES SUSPECTED TO BE OBSCENE OR INDECENT TO THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL FOR CLASSIFICATION.
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SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES BİLL 1986, MR HUI SAID THE GOVERNMENT ONLY CARED ABOUT THE WORK AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES OF THE TRIBUNAL. HAD NOT GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERARION TO THE FACT THAT THE LACK OF DIRECT ACCESS WOULD STIFLE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND DAMPEN ENTHUSIASM FOR LODGING COMPLAINTS.
+THE EFFECTS OF EXTENSIVE MONITORING THROUGH PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE WILL ALSO BE REDUCED, HE SAID.
HE SUGGESTED THAT AFTER THE NEW LEGISLATION HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONDUCT A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS LODGED BY THE PUBLIC WITH THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY (TELA) TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE RIGHT OF LODGING COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN ABUSED.
/REGARDING CO1PLAINTS