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HE SAID. "THE FIRST "HE MAINTAINED THAT BOTH POINTS WERE BAD, POINT IS A THOROUGHLY BAD ONE, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF AND IF APOWER IS WRONGLY EXERCISED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT SUCH AN ABUSE OF POWER BE PUT RIGHT

JUDICIAL REVIEW.

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THEN IT

LAW,

IS

BY

$3

SUPPOSE I NEED TO ILLUSTRATE HIS SECOND POINT MR LEE SAID:

то HIM: 'MAY I FROM A FRIEND IN ORDER TO BUY A MTR TICKET AND I SAY

BUT I HAVE YOUR WALLET SO THAT I CAN HAVE $3 TO BUY MYSELF A TICKET? MUST SAY THAT ONCE I HAVE YOUR WALLET, I WILL TAKE MORE THAN $3.

"WILL MY FRIEND IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCE LET ME HAVE HIS

HE ASKED.

WALLET?"

THE POWER JUSTIFIED AND YET IT WILL BE

ALLOW MR LEE SAID: "THIS COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO GIVEN TO THE CENSOR TO CONTINUE ON THE BASIS THAT IT CAN BE

THREE AREAS, UNDER ARTICLE 19 OF THE SAID COVENANT IN ONLY THIS COUNCIL IS TOLD THAT ONCE THE POWER IS LEFT INTACT, APPLIED TO OTHER AREAS NOT MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 19.

"IS THE

ADMINISTRATION

NOT

INSULTING

THE INTELLIGENCE OF

MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL?"

AN AMENDMENT ΤΟ THE MR LEE SAID HIS THIRD REASON FOR MOVING

THAT INTERIM MEASURES WAS DUE TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S FAILURE TO SHOW

BECAUSE OF THE UNLAWFUL THE RESTRICTION WAS NECESSARY, PRINCIPALLY

GIVEN ΤΟ HIM FOR EXERCISE BY THE CENSOR OF A POWER WHICH WAS NEVER OVER 30 YEARS.

"DURING THIS PERIOD, GROUNDS, WITH THE RESULT THAT

THESE FILMS WOULD HAVE WHAT EFFECT

MANY FILMS HAD BEEN BANNED ON POLITICAL THE PUBLIC CANNOT JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES

ON OUR COMMUNITY.

"IF MY MOTION

CARRIED, IS

THEN AT LEAST UNTIL

THE FILM IN A FEW MONTHS'

CENSORSHIP BILL 1987 IS PRESENTED TO THIS COUNCIL TIME, THERE WILL BE NO POLITICAL CENSORSHIP OF FILMS IN HONG KONG.

WHETHER WE NEED A FILM IF IT IS OUTSIDE HONG

"THE PUBLIC CAN THEN JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES

TO NAMELY,

BAN A BILL, SIMILAR PROVISION IN THE 'SERIOUSLY PREJUDICIAL TO GOOD RELATIONS TO TERRITORIES KONG'

.

"BUT IF MY

IS MOTION

DEFEATED WHETHER THERE IS A REAL NECESSITY FOR IT.

TODAY,

WE

NEVER WILL

KNOW

MR LEE SAID HE DID NOT SEE ANY POWER FOR SUCH A SHORT TIME.

IN DANGER

SUSPENDING SUCH A

ON THE POLITICAL

CENSORSHIP OF FILMS,

ANY

WHICH LEGISLATION

KONG WAS MOVING TOWARDS 1997, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WERE CONCERNED ABOUT

INFRINGING ANY OF THEIR FREEDOMS.

HONG EXTREMELY

EFFECT OF

MR LEE

AS SALD

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