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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987

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IT WAS ARGUED THAT SUCH DELAY MIGHT CREATE A BLACK MARKET FOR UNAUTHORISED MATERIAL, SHE SAID.

MRS CHOW SAID THAT WHILE RECOGNISING AND SUPPORTING THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BILL TO CONTROL OBSCENE OR INDECENT ARTICLES, SHE WAS SYMPATHETIC TO THE RECORDING INDUSTRY'S CONCERN, WHEN THEIR MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, HAD NOT CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE PROBLEM THE BILL AIMED TO ADDRESS.

SHE SAID SHE HOPED THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD WATCH THE SITUATION CLOSELY.

HEALTHY CULTURE CAN COUNTERACT PORNOGRAPHY

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A NEW YOUTH CULTURE SHOULD BE LAUNCHED IN COLLABORATION WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL QUARTERS SO AS TO COUNTERACT THE INVASION OF PORNOGRAPHY, THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES BILL 1986, MR YEUNG SAID THAT ALL SORTS OF CONTROLS WERE IN FACT PASSIVE MEASURES.

HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SEX EDUCATION BE PROMOTED.

+AFTER THE SMOOTH INTRODUCTION OF SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AS THE FIRST STEP, THE SAME SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO FAMILIES SO AS TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THEIR OWN ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY, HE SAID.

MR YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHOULD PROMOTE SEX EDUCATION IN A MORE SYSTEMATIC AND COMPREHENSIVE MANNER.

SCHOOL AUTHORITIES AND PARENTS SHOULD ALSO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO LEARN ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS WITH REGARD TO SEX AND TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS WHICH PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS WOULD PRODUCE.

THEY SHOULD ALSO WORK OUT PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO FOSTER THE PROPER GROWTH OF THE YOUNG, SO AS TO CREATE A FRESH AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

/HE SAID

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