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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1988

BY THE TRADE AS TO

20(3) WHAT CONSTITUTED REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS, AS CONTAINED IN CLAUSE

WHEN IT CAMB TO STOPPING OF THE BILL, HAD STILL

SHE CONSIDERED THAT THE QUESTION RAISED

TO BE

RESOLVED

UNDER-AGE PEOPLE FROM SEEING CERTAIN FILMS.

"I CAN

THE UNDERSTAND

INVOLVED IN A DEFINITION, GIVEN

ADMINISTRATION'S THAT WHATEVER

PRECAUTIONS

TO RELUCTANCE

BK DEFINITION WILL NOT THE INDEED BEEN

TAKEN HAVE

HAVE ANY LEGAL EFFECT, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WILL BE UP TO

DECIDE WHETHER COURTS TO REASONABLE, SHE SAID.

tr

CONCERNED

SUCH PRACTICE

THIS IT 19 то ADOPTED BY THE IS

THE COMMISSIONER "HOWEVER, AS IT WILL BE THE INSPECTORS UNDER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING WHO WILL BE ENFORCING PART OF THE BILL, AND AS 'REASONABLE PRECAUTION' IS A DEFENCE,

ΤΟ EXCESSIVE NOT

REQUEST

THE DEPARTMENT AN FAMILIARISE ITSELF WITH THE PRACTICE TO BE GENERALLY

WHETHER TO INDICATE TRADE, AND REASONABLE.

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ASK

IN

ITS

VIEW

MRS CHOW

SAID THAT

RECEIVING

VIEWS

UP TO PUT FORWARD BY

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR CATEGORY

BEEN LAST WEEK SHE HAD STILL

THAT ENFORCEMENT OF TRADE THE

III FILMS MIGHT STILL PRESENT

GRAVE PROBLEMS.

"HOWEVER, IT IS

TO DIFFICULT

ACCEPT THAT

WHAT HAS

WORKED

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ELSEWHERE CANNOT WORK EQUALLY WELL HERE, IF THE CENSORS GET IT RIGHT, SHE SAID.

SEE WHETHER THE NEW SYSTEM "WE NEED TO WATCH IT CLOSELY TO

STANDARDS ACHIEVES THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES OF LIBERALISING CENSORSHIP FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAUSING UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP," SHE SAID.

CLOSELY

THE ACTUAL

COVERING INSPECTORS

WHICH CAN GIVE

RISE

WORKINGS OF THE CINEMAS ON A ΤΟ VARIOUS

"WE ALSO NEED TO WATCH

FIVE INSPECTIONS, WHERE WE HAVE

AN ARRANGEMENT PERMANENT BASIS, PROBLEMS."

SEE SECONDED OFFICERS

MRS CHOW SAID SHE WOULD MUCH PREFER TO FROM A DISCIPLINED SERVICE TAKE ON THE RATHER THANKLESS AND DIFFICULT THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE TASK ON A ROTATION BASIS, AND SHE URGED THIS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION,

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