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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989
"THE DEMANDS,
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MOREOVER,
IMPOSE ON TERMS OF WHICH OR
THAT SUCH A REGIME WOULD GOVERNMENT IN AND THE BOTH VIDEO RENTAL BUSINESSES ENFORCEMENT COULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED, GIVEN THE ADEQUATE CONTROLS NOW EXIST TO PREVENT THE DIRECT EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO OBSCENE INDECENT MATERIALS AT THE POINT OF SALE/RENTAL," MR TSAO SAID.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON ELSIE TU, MR TSAO ILLUSTRATION OR SAID THAT ANY PERSON WHO DISPLAYS AN ADVERTISEMENT, OTHER MATERIAL WHICH IS OBSCENE COMMITS AN OFFENCE UNDER SECTION 21 OF
9/87). THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE (NO.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ANY PERSON WHO DISPLAYS MATERIAL WHICH OFFENCE UNDER IS INDECENT TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 COMMITS AN SECTION 22 OF THE SAME ORDINANCE.
INDECENT OR
THESE PROVISIONS SERVE TO CONTROL THE DISPLAY OF OBSCENE ADVERTISEMENTS, VIDEO BOX LABELS OR OTHER RELATED MATERIALS IN AND ALL OTHER VIDEO
NEWSPAPER STALLS RENTAL OUTLETS, BOOKSHOPS, RETAIL OUTLETS TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS. HE NOTED.
ARTICLES VIDEOS
THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ORDINANCE CITED SIMILARLY CONTROL THE SALE OR HIRE OF OBSCENE TO ALL PERSONS, AND OF INDECENT TAPES TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18, MR TSAO SAID.
OF
IN
AND
ON THE QUESTION OF CONSIDERING MEASURES TO STOP THE SHOWING IN CINEMA LOBBIES AND PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS PORNOGRAPHIC PICTURES SHOPS, MR TSAO SAID THE CONTROLS UNDER THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE
OF CINEMA INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE ALSO OPERATED IN THE CONTEXT BILL-BOARDS AND LOBBIES.
AND
SCHOOLS
"WE RECOGNISE THAT THESE ARE OCCASIONALLY VISIBLE FROM YOUTH CENTRES; AND WHERE WE ARE AWARE OF ANY MATERIALS DISPLAYED IN SUCH A WAY AS MAY CAUSE OFFENCE, WE TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH THE CINEMA MANAGEMENT," HE SAID.
INFORMALLY
"THIS HAS PROVED EFFECTIVE IN ALL CASES SO FAR,
"
HE ADDED.
MR TSAO ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE SHOWING OF VIDEOS AND RENTAL OUTLETS WAS CONTROLLED UNDER THE FILM CENSORSHIP (NO. 25/88).
IN SALES ORDINANCE
HE SAID A VIDEO COULD NOT BE SHOWN PUBLICLY WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OR EXEMPTION BY THE FILM CENSOR.
EITHER A
BE
THE CENSOR MUST BE INFORMED IF THE VIDEO IN QUESTION WAS TO SHOWN IN SUCH A WAY THAT PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 COULD SEE IT, AND HE WOULD BASE HIS DECISION ON THIS.
ARE "IT
HAS COME TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION THAT THERE
TECHNICAL BE NECESSARY TO MAKE ONE OR TWO PLACES WHERE IT MAY
CLEARER THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EFFECT OF A CENSOR'S CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THE ORDINANCE ON A VIDEO TAPE OR LASER DISK VERSION OF THE SAME FILM,
T+ HE SAID.
"THIS IS