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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990
EXISTING CONTROL OVER FILM PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO CONTINUE
THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTROL OVER PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS RELATING TO FILMS SHOULD CONTINUE AND DOES NOT PROPOSE TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES то 1MPOSE CENSORSHIP ON PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS ON FILMS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO. TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
I WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM, MR TSAO SAID BEFORE THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE CAME INTO FORCE IN NOVEMBER 1988, FIGURES AND ADVERTISEMENTS RELATING TO FILMS INTENDED FOR SHOWING IN CINEMAS WERE SUBJECT TO CENSORSHIP BEFORE THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE DISPLAYED.
HE SAID THAT IN PROMULGATING THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE 1988. THE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO SET OUT CLEAR CRITERIA WITHIN WHICH THE CENSOR WAS PERMITTED TO CARRY OUT HIS DUTIES; AND TO INTRODUCE A MORE LIBERAL APPROACH TOWARDS FILM CENSORSHIP THEREBY GIVING FILM PRODUCERS GREATER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND VIEWERS GREATER FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
"IN THE SAME SPIRIT, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO TOOK THE VIEW THAT THE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR FILM CENSORSHIP SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED TO PRINTED ADVERTISING MATERIALS AND FILM STILLS WHICH ARE NOT PART OF A FILM.
"SUCH PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLED UNDER THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE," MR TSAO SAID.
NO CHANGE IN LOCALISATION POLICY
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO CHANGE ITS LONG-ESTABLISHED LOCALISATION POLICY IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS GIVING A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FAI ON THE PROGRESS OF LOCALISATION IN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE POLICE.
"MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION PLANNING AND TRAINING FOR OFFICERS OF POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP SUITABLE LOCAL OFFICERS TO FILL SENIOR POSITIONS AS THESE BRCOME AVAILABLE, MR BARNES SAID.
/HE SAID