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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1977
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CINEMA OPERATORS PREFERABLE
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A CODE OF PRACTICE MIGHT BE PREFERABLE TO LEGISLATION REQUIRING FILM DISTRIBUTORS AND CINEMA PROPRIETORS TO STATE IN ALL ADVERTISEMENTS FOR FILMS WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN SHORTENED, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON SUGGESTED.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON, ROGER LOBO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THERE MIGHT WELL BE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES IN LEGISLATING THESE REQUIREMENTS.
HE SAID FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF CONSUMER PROTECTION+ AND IN PRINCIPLE, CINEMA PROPRIETORS OUGHT TO TELL CONSUMERS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY HAVE VOLUNTARILY SHORTENED THE FILMS THEY ARE SHOWING.
HE PROPOSED TO REFER THE ISSUE TO THE CONSUMER COUNCIL WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE BODY TO TALK WITH DISTRIBUTORS AND CINEMA PROPRIETORS.
FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR HK WAR VICTIMS
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PRISONERS OF WAR WHO FOUGHT IN THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG IN 1941 AND CIVILIAN RESIDENTS WHO WERE IMPRISONED, OTHER THAN FOR COMMON CRIMINAL OFFENCES, AND TORTURED DURING THE OCCUPATION PERIOD. THE SPOUSE OF ANY ELIGIBLE PERSON WILL ALSO QUALIFY.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SIR DENYS SAID FULL DETAILS OF THIS SCHEME WILL BE NOTIFIED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
HE NOTED THAT THE DECISION WAS TAKEN AFTER THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES HAD EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF CAPTIVITY, IN CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE VICTIM SUFFERED MALNUTRITION, ACUTE DISCOMFORT AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL MALTREATMENT, ARE LIKELY TO HAVE DELETERIOUS EFFECT ON HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AS THE VICTIM GROWS OLDER.
SIR DENYS SAID1 + BELIEVE THAT MEMBERS WILL WELCOME THE PROVISION OF THIS ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE DEFENCE OF HONG KONG OR DURING ITS OCCUPATION. 1 HOPE THAT IT WILL SHO THAT THE IR COURAGE AND THEIR SACE IF ICES HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN. +
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