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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
MOTION ON EXTENSION APPROVED
* * * * *
A MOTION TO 1988 CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR AMENDING THE FILM FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF 21 DAYS UNTIL NOVEMBER 30,
THE AMENDMENT
UNDER ORDINANCE,
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TODAY CLOSE SCHEDULED WAS PERIOD
AND GENERAL CLAUSES SECTION 34(2) OF THE INTERPRETATION WHICH PROVIDES 28 DAYS FOR AMENDING SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
REGULATIONS
THE FILM CENSORSHIP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 12.
1988 WERE
BEFORE LAID
THE
BY THE
HON SZETO
WAH.
THE
PETER
TABLED MOTION THE SUPPORTING SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON TSAO, SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION WAS PUT FORWARD IN ANTICIPATION OF COMMENTS ON THE REGULATIONS POSSIBLY RAISED BY THE FILM INDUSTRY.
1988 AND THE FILM TSAO NOTING THAT THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE
MR TOMORROW,
PLANS AND CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS 1988 WOULD COME INTO FORCE
HAD MADE COMMERCIAL SAID MANY DISPOSITIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS EVENT.
IN
THE
FILM
INDUSTRY
THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS
ORDINANCE,'
"SO IN ORDER NOT TO UPSET THESE PLANS, DECIDED NOT TO SEEK TO DELAY THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE HE SAID.
MR TSAO
SAID
THE FILM
TO CONSIDER GIVEN THAT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MIGHT BE ASKED
30 UNDER THE NOVEMBER NOW AND
SOME CHANGES TO THE REGULATIONS BETWEEN
EXPERIENCE WOULD INDUSTRY MOTION, UNCERTAINTY.
THAT
THEY
WILL BE PROPOSED "I UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH AMENDMENTS, IF ANY,
THEREFORE ASSUME FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FILM INDUSTRY. I
HE SAID. WILL ACCEPT THE UNCERTAINTY THAT MIGHT RESULT,
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