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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988
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"EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT 'ONE COUNTRY,
SYSTEMS' IS A NOVEL CONCEPT AND HONG KONG WOULD NOT BR THE ONLY SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA IN FUTURE," HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD HAVE AN IMPORTANT BEARING ON THE TOTAL UNIFICATION OF CHINA.
"GIVEN OUR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, IN CONSIDERING THE 'DAMAGE GOOD RELATIONS' CLAUSE IN HIS BILL, SHOULD WE NOT PONDER AND THINK WHETHER, WITHOUT THIS CLAUSE, HONG KONG MIGHT UNWITTINGLY BE OPEN ΤΟ THE RISK OF BECOMING A BATTLE-GROUND FOR OPPOSING POLITICAL PROPAGANDA WARFARE?
"SHOULDN'T THE ADMINISTRATION, NOW OR AFTER 1997, BE GIVEN THE NECESSARY POWER TO MINIMISE SUCH RISKS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF DESTABILISING HONG KONG?" HE ASKED.
MR CHEONG SAID THE AD HOC GROUP RECOGNISED THE CONCERN THAT THE POWERS CONFERRED ON THE ADMINISTRATION MIGHT BE OPEN TO ABUSE NOW OR AFTER 1997, AND HAD THEREFORE SOUGHT TO INJECT NECESSARY CHECKS AND BALANCES INTO THE STRUCTURE.
HE SAID THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW WAS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY ALL MEMBERS.
IN ADDITION, CHECKS AND BALANCES WOULD BE PROPOSED BY THE CONVENOR OF THE GROUP, THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, TO REQUIRE THE CENSORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AS PROMULGATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT.
"I AM TOTALLY SATISFIED THAT THE BILL BEFORE TOGETHER WITH MR YEUNG'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, ACCEPTABLE PACKAGE FOR HONG KONG, HE ADDED.
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COUNCIL TODAY, CONSTITUTES
AN
CONSISTENCY IN CENSORSHIP STANDARDS REQUIRED
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY IN THE CENSORS CENSORSHIP STANDARDS BY SPELLING OUT IN SIMPLE TERMS FOR
III FILMS, THE HON SELINA AND THE TRADE WHAT CONSTITUTED CATEGORY CHOW SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BILL
AND
CONSISTENCY
AND
SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE FILM CENSORSHIP
SAVE A 1988, MRS CHOW SAID: "THIS WOULD NOT ONLY
LOT OF TIMÉ ARGUMENT IN THE LONG RUN, BUT ALSO ESTABLISH FAIRNESS AND IN OUR SYSTEM OF CENSORSHIP WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO GAIN THE TRUST SUPPORT OF THE TRADE AND THE PUBLIC.
/SHE CONSIDERED