WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1989
FRUITFUL
OF
OF
OF
HE SAID THAT, IN EXPLORING THIS QUESTION, IT WOULD BE TO CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHETHER THE CONSCIENCE AND ETHICS THE PUBLICATION MEDIA PRACTITIONERS WAS ENOUGH SAFEGUARD AGAINST
NEED FOR SOME FORM FALSE
NEWS AND WHETHER SELF-REGULATORY DETERRENT.
THERE
WAS
ANY
QUESTIONS
FOR THE MEDIA, MR CHEONG MAINTAINED THAT SOME OF THE HE POSED IN THE DEBATE TWO YEARS AGO WERE JUST AS LEGITIMATE TODAY.
THESE CONCERNED
THE
INHERENT
AND
FOR
BETTER-TRAINED THE MEDIA IN THE PUBLIC TO OF THE BEHAVIOUR
WEAKNESSES OF THE PUBLISHING THE BENEFIT OF HAVING INDUSTRY,
BETTER-PAID REPORTERS, THE NEED FOR AN IN-TRADE WATCHDOG BODY
CHANNELS SUFFICIENT HONG KONG AND THE NEED FOR REFLECT MORE DIRECTLY THEIR VIEWS AND EXPECTATIONS OF LOCAL MASS MEDIA.
FOR
ALREADY EXISTED VARIOUS MR CHEONG ALSO SAID THAT WHILE THERE
SENIOR JOURNALISTS AND FORUM WHERE PUBLISHERS,
REPORTERS DISCUSSED ISSUES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE INTERESTS, CONSIDERATION MIGHT BE GIVEN TO
REVIEW OF CROSS-SECTOR FORUM TO TAKE EXPANDING ABOVE-MENTIONED QUESTIONS OR TO MORE EFFECTIVELY IRON OUT
THESE
OF OPINIONS.
A
THE
DIFFERENCES
CHANGES HE SAID THAT HONG KONG WAS NOW AT A STAGE OF
THE FREE FLOW TO FACILITATE
OF NEEDED A BALANCED MEDIA
THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, INFORMATION AND SERVE AS FORUM FOR CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY AS THE GUARDIAN OF THE TRUTH.
WHEN UNBIASED AND TO
IT
"IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE REPEAL OF SECTION 27 WOULD NOT BE SEEN, PART ON THE PART OF THE MEDIA, AS A VICTORY TO BE SAVOURED, OR ON THE
HE SAID. OF ADMINISTRATION, AS A SAGA TO BE FORGOTTEN,
WISE DECISION TO REPEAL SECTION 27
* *
REPEAL SECTION 27 OF THE
THE
THE DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE IS A WISE ONE, THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
1988,
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL MR MCGREGOR SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER THE INCLUSION POSSIBLE OF SECTION 27 IN THE ORDINANCE DEMONSTRATED IN THE CLEAREST WAY THAT DEMOCRACY WAS "ALIVE AND KICKING" IN HONG
KONG.
/HE SAID .....