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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1988
"I HOPE тоо
JOURNALISTS THAT
WILL NOT
THEMSELVES
JUDGEMENTS ABOUT WHETHER THEIR OWN POSITION WILL BE AFFECTED
THEY PUBLISH. SELF
IN A FREE SOCIETY.'
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CENSORSHIP STEMS
WAS A
FREEDOM
THAT
MAKE
BY WHAT FROM FEAR AND FEAR HAS NO PLACE
CARRIED ALSO
A RESPONSIBILITY
A PERSONAL TO THE IN A
BUT IT TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS FOR JOURNALISTS TO MAKE
WORTHWHILE CONTRIBUTION DECISION WHETHER THEY WERE MAKING A
INFLUENCE WERE USING THEIR
AND WHETHER
THEY
COMMUNITY, CONSTRUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE WAY.
JOURNALISTS WERE
ΤΟ ABLE
EXERT A TREMENDOUS
INFLUENCE
ON
PUBLIC OPINION, AND VERY FEW PEOPLE IN ANY COMMUNITY RELIED ON THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT WHEN COMING TO A VIEW ON MATTERS OF TOPICAL INTEREST.
SIR
THE GOVERNMENT OF ATTITUDE SAID THE DAVID MEASURED PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF LAW.
COULD
BE
"THE LAW WILL INEVITABLY PROVIDE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED
HAND AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ON THE ONE
FROM THE UNREASONABLE PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY EXERCISE OF POWER BY THE MEDIA, ON THE OTHER," HE SAID.
TO
WHO 'HERE WE ENTER A VERY CONTENTIOUS AREA FOR THERE ARE THOSE
NEVER BE WOULD SAY THAT THE EXERCISE OF THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS CAN
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND OF AND THAT THE PROTECTION UNREASONABLE
INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES SEEKING FREEDOMS SHOULD ONLY BE EXERCISED BY RECOURSE TO LAW.
PRESS WOULD ARGUE "THE PROPONENTS OF ABSOLUTE FREEDOM OF THE
A DENIAL OF A BASIC THAT ANY LIMITATION OR CURB ON ITS FREEDOM IS HUMAN RIGHT THAT CANNOT BE TOLERATED.'
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WOULD
ARGUE THAT
ONLY A THAT PRESS OF LAWS TO PROTECT THE
SIR DAVID SAID SOME JOURNALISTS COMPLETE BODY OF LAW GOVERNING PRESS FREEDOM COULD ENSURE FREEDOM WAS INVIOLABLE. "FRANKLY I DOUBT IT, BECAUSE ANY SET MUST PROVIDE FOR THE FREEDOM OF SOME TO BE INHIBITED RIGHT OF OTHERS," HE REMARKED.
CENSORSHIP STR DAVID NOTED THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STANDARDS OF
COUNTRIES WHICH PRIDED IN BROADCASTING ON IMPOSED
TELEVISION THEMSELVES ON FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA WERE OFTEN VERY STRICT.
HAVING OVERALL, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS FORTUNATE IN
COULD ВЕ TRULY ESTABLISHED A TRADITION OF PRESS FREEDOM OF WHICH IT
A HERE HAS PROUD. "WE
OF THE
RECOGNISED
THE
THAT
MEDIA HAVE LONG PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN VOICING THE VIEWS AND CONCERNS COMMUNITY AND BRINGING THEM TO THE ATTENTION OF THE HE SAID.
ADMINISTRATION,
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