FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1994
UNDER
14
TELA
OFFICERS DO THE CUSTOMS
NOT
AND
ENJOY EXCISE
THE EXISTING COIAO, ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND THE POLICE AND DEPARTMENT ARE THE PRINCIPAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WITH
NOT MORE,
MR NG SAID WHILE THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED WOULD CONTINUE
ACTIONS, HE ENFORCEMENT
BELIEVED IT WAS
IF EQUALLY, IMPORTANT TO DO PUBLICITY AND PUBLLC EDUCATION.
TO LETTERS ABOUT ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, TELA SENDS CIRCULAR
COTAO AND NEWSPAPER
TO REMIND THEM OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE STALLS
BY THE OBSCENE PROVIDE THEM WITH LISTS OF PUBLICATIONS CLASSIFIED ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AS OBSCENE OR INDECENT.
THE PUBLIC
**WE HAVE ALSO ARRANGED FOR APIS (ANNOUNCEMENTS IN INTEREST) TO BE BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND RADIO TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO USE OUR 24-HOUR COMPLAINT HOTLINE 594 5836.
"WE
AND
HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED LEAFLETS AND POSTERS TO SCHOOLS YOUTH CENTRES AND INVITED STUDENT GROUPS FOR BRIEFING ON THE ORDINANCE AND OUR WORK," MR NG SAID.
י
HE APPEALED TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO MONITOR MORE CLOSELY THE
ESPECIALLY COMIC PUBLICATIONS,
BOOKS, READ BY THEIR CHILDREN AND
STUDENTS.
THERE
ONLY
BOOKS
AND
WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING, HE SAID, THAT MAGAZINES WRAPPED UP IN PLASTIC BAGS WERE UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN.
WRAPPED JUVENILES.
"IN FACT, A LOT OF PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING COMIC BOOKS, NOT BE READ UP ARE ALSO INDECENT AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT
SO
BY
"UNDER THE LAW, THERE MUST BE CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY
MATERIAL
DISPLAYED ON AN INDECENT ARTICLE A WARNING NOTICE THAT CONTAINS
AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OR OFFENSIVE PERSON BELOW THE AGE OF 18.
THE HIRED ΤΟ
ARTICLE
ANY
IT IS
"THEREFORE, BEFORE A NEWSVENDOR SELLS A BOOK TO A JUVENILE OR A PARENT BUYS A BOOK FOR HIS CHILDREN, THEY MUST MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONE WITH SUCH A WARNING NOTICE.
BOOKS
WITHOUT
SUCH
A
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"OR, IN CASE THEY FIND ANY INDECENT WARNING NOTICE, THEY SHOULD TELL US BY CALLING OUR COMPLAINT HOTLINE, MR NG CONTINUED.
AGAINST
OBSCENE AND CULTURE
то FACILITATE MORE EFFECTIVE ACTIONS
ARTICLES, INDECENT
AND TELA HAS PROPOSED TO THE RECREATION BRANCH THAT THE COIAO BE AMENDED.
STAFF THE
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE GIVING ENFORCEMENT POWER TO SEIZE INDECENT ARTICLES REQUIRED AS EVIDENCE FOR PROSECUTION, MAKING IT MANDATORY FOR INDECENT ARTICLES TO BE ENCLOSED WRAPPERS AND STIPULATING AN OBJECTIVE, MINIMUM SIZE FOR NOTICE TO BE DISPLAYED ON AN INDECENT ARTICLE.
A TIME SLOT FOR INTRODUCING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IS BEING AWAITED.
IN PLASTIC THE WARNING
THESE
INTO AMENDMENTS
THE
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