THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1987
THE CONTROL SCHEME WAS TO REDUCE POLLUTION CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTE TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL, AND IF THESE MEASURES PROVED INADEQUATE, THEN FURTHER MEASURES, AS THE EXTENSION OF PROHIBITED AREAS, MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM OF
SUCH
BEACH WHERE LIVESTOCK HE CITED THE EXAMPLE OF SILVERMINE BAY
THE WATER QUALITY. WASTE FROM NEARBY FARMS WAS SERIOUSLY AFFECTING "IF THE WATER QUALITY DOES NOT IMPROVE, CONSIDERATION WILL HAVE TO
HE SAID. GIVEN TO MAKING SILVERMINE BAY A PROHIBITED AREA,
F
BE
FILM CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS AS INTERIM MEASURE
NEW FILM
AS
CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS
FILM CENSORSHIP BILL
THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE AN INTERIM MEASURE PENDING THE ENACTMENT OF THE 1987.
TOMORROW GAZETTED
(FRIDAY), ON
THE NEW REGULATIONS WILL BE WHICH DAY THEY WILL COME INTO OPERATION.
THE
WOULD REPLACE A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW REGULATIONS
AND INCORPORATE THE REGULATIONS FILM EXISTING
CENSORSHIP
AND RELATED ADVERTISING PRINCIPLES ON WHICH CENSORING OF FILMS
ABOUT THE MATERIAL WOULD BE CARRIED OUT. THIS WOULD REMOVE ANY DOUBT LEGAL BASIS FOR FILM CENSORSHIP PRACTICES.
OUT IN
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE CENSORSHIP PRINCIPLES SET THE NEW REGULATIONS WERE IDENTICAL TO THE PRINCIPLES SPECIFIED IN ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE OF GUIDANCE PUBLISHED IN 1973.
THE
INTERIM
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PROMULGATION OF THE
OF THE PROVISIONS MEASURE WOULD NOT PREJUDICE FURTHER CONSIDERATION
THE ENACTMENT OF THE FILM CENSORSHIP BILL AND THAT IT WOULD LAPSE ON OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.
FURTHER
"SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, A REVISED
PUBLIC CONSULTATION DURING BILL WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR SUMMER, HE SAID.
H
DRAFT
THE
ACCORDING TO THE PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANCE, GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL MAY, BY REGULATION, PROVIDE FOR THE CENSORING FILMS AND RELATED MATERIAL IN SUCH MANNER AND ON MAY BE PRESCRIBED IN THE REGULATIONS.
SUCH PRINCIPLES
THE
OF
AS
INTERIM MEASURE AS IT BILL IS UNLIKELY TO
BE
THE NEW REGULATIONS WOULD SERVE AS AN HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT THE FILM CENSORSHIP ENACTED DURING THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
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