XN000022-1987-04-04 — Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1987

THOROUGH CONSULTATION ESSENTIAL ON FILM CENSORSHIP BILL *****

CONSULTATION ON THE BILL ON FILM CENSORSHIP MUST BE THOROUGH AND THERE MUST BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS PROPERLY, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION SPORTS COMPLEX AT SO KON PO, HE SAID: +BUT WHETHER AT THIS STAGE ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS IS REQUIRED, I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT AND SEE.+

HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET HOLD OF THE BILL AND STUDY IT THOROUGHLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

ASKED WHY IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL TO ASSESS PUBLIC VIEWS COLLECTED BY THE SURVEY OFFICE, SIR DAVID SAID THE GREEN PAPER ON POLITICAL REVIEW WAS QUITE A LONG AND COMPLICATED PAPER AND HAD GOT MANY QUESTIONS IN IT.

+THEREFORE WE NEED TO HAVE A SURVEY OF PUBLIC OPINIONS ON

EACH OF THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE DECISION AS TO WHAT TO DO HAS TO BE DECIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND, OF COURSE, IN CONSULTATION WITH HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.

TURNING TO SPORTS, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DECENT FOOTBALL PITCH IN KOWLOON FOR ITS TWO-AND-A-HALF MILLION PEOPLE.

+ I THINK THERE ARE VERY CONCRETE PROPOSALS WHICH THE URBAN COUNCIL HAVE FOR IMPROVING THE MONG KOK STADIUM. +

UPGRADING THE MONG KOK STADIUM TO PROVIDE A GOOD PITCH +WAS NOT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH+, SIR DAVID SAID, ADDING THAT HE HOPED SOMEDAY TOO THE HONG KONG STADIUM WOULD ALSO BE IMPROVED.

HE FELT HONG KONG SHOULD BUILD UP A STRONG LOCAL TEAM OF FOOTBALLERS, AND THAT THERE WAS NEED TO TRAIN UP LOCAL FORWARDS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF OVERSEAS PLAYERS.

TRAIN THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED TO BE INDEPENDENT

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THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED SHOULD BE CAREFULLY TAILORED TO PROVIDE THEM WITH MAXIMUM SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION OF A SELF-MADE TEACHING KIT COMPETITION AND PHOTO SHOOTING COMPETITION+ ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS SERVING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

/SHE SAID