WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
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REGARDING COMPLAINTS WHICH HAD BEEN REJECTED MR HUI HOPED THE TELA WOULD EXPLAIN TO THE COMPLAINANTS WHY THEIR CASES COULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED SO THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE TELA.
EARLIER, MR HUT HAD PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE ADVICE AND ACT ACCORDING TO PUBLIC OPINION WHEN INTRODUCING THE BILL.
CALL TO SET UP PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE
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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET UP A PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE TO EXHIBIT PUBLICATIONS CATEGORISED BY THE OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AND OTHER RELATED INFORMATION, AFTER THE ENACTMENT OF THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES BILL 1986.
THE CALL WAS MADE BY THE HON LEE YU-TAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN HE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
THE CENTRE WOULD ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITERIA OF ADJUDICATION AND ALLOW DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO REFLECT THEIR OPINION.
ADJUDICATING STANDARDS COULD THEN BE REVIEWED REGULARLY TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
ON THE WHOLE, MR LEE SAID ADJUDICATION PROCEDURES AND CATEGORISATION OF PUBLICATIONS PROPOSED BY THE BILL WERE PRACTICABLE, THOUGH SPECIFIC STANDARDS HAD YET TO BE SET ON THE THREE WAYS OF CLASSIFYING PUBLICATIONS.
+THE CRITERIA CAN ONLY BE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE ADJUDICATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WHEN MORE PRECEDENTS CAN BE REFERRED TO,+ HE EXPLAINED.
MR LEE PROPOSED THAT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT PUBLICATIONS TO THE TRIBUNAL FOR CLASSIFICATION.
ON THE SALE OF INDECENT PUBLICATIONS AT NEWSPAPER STALLS, HE SAID HE HOPED THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE SOLD BY SPECIFIED SHOPS, SO AS TO REINFORCE CONTROL ON SALE.
+AT THE SAME TIME, INSPECTIONS MUST BE CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT SELLERS WOULD ABIDE BY THE LAW AND SELL THESE INDECENT PUBLICATIONS TO ADULTS ONLY, HE ADDED.
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