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Friday, December 22, 1972

As a result of the new legislation, Hong Kong would give

copyright protection to works originating in countries which are members

of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic

Works and the Universal Copyright Convention, and would receive reciprocal

protection from those countries.

Apart from the Act and the regulations to be made under it, the

spokesman said Government was also considering the enactment of supplementary

local copyright legislation.

This legislation, he added, would repeal the Copyright Ordinance

and the Fine Arts Copyright Ordinance and would modify the United Kingdom

1956 Act in certain respects to suit the particular circumstances of

Hong Kong.

"This legislation will be put to the Legislative Council in the

near future," he said.

The United Kingdon 1911 Act, together with the Copyright and

Fine Arts Ordinances, form the basis of the present Copyright law in

Hong Kong.

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