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THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1994

BARONESS DUNN

SAID IMPROVISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ETHNIC MINORITIES AFTER 1997 WERE NOT AN HONOURABLE SOLUTION.

"THE CASE OF ETHNIC MINORITIES IS NOT ONLY SPECIAL BUT ALSO UNIQUE. NO OTHER CITIZENS OF BRITAIN PACE STATELESSNESS.

ON THE HOME SECRETARY'S ARGUMENT THAT GIVING FULL CITIZENSHIP ΤΟ THIS GROUP WILL REQUIRE DIFFICULT PRIMARY LEGISLATION, BARONESS DUNN SAID THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD ALWAYS HAD TO PLACE THEIR TRUST IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

"THEIR FATE ON SO MANY IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS HAS BEEN DECIDED WITHOUT THEIR SAY.

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COMMENTING ON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENT LAST JULY THAT SHOULD THIS GROUP EVER CAME UNDER PRESSURE TO LEAVE HONG KONG AND

HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY "WOULD BE EXPECTED ΤΟ CONSIDER SYMPATHETICALLY THEIR CASE FOR ADMISSION ΤΟ THE UNITED KINGDOM" BARONESS DUNN SAID THIS WAS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO DISCHARGE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS.

"I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT AND THE BRITISH PEOPLE, RENOWNED FOR THEIR HUMANITY AND DECENCY, WOULD CONSIDER THIS FAIR TREATMENT FOR THEIR NATIONALS, SHE SAID.

BARONESS DUNN WILL FLY TO LONDON TO ATTEND THE COMMITTEE STAGE OF LORD BONHAM-CARTER'S PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL, HONG KONG NATIONALITY BILL, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR DEBATE ON JANUARY 27.

"MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN PURSUING THIS MATTER FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. WF ART COMMETTED TO FINDING VA JUST SOLUTION FOR THESE PEOPLE,' SHE SAID.

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TIGHTER CONTROL OF CATEGORY III VIDEOTAPES AND LASERDISCS

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THERE WILL BF TIGHTER CONTROL OF THE SALE OR HIRE

CATEGORY HII VIDEOTAPES AND LASERDISCS TO YOUNGSTERS WHEN THE FILM CENSORSHIP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1993 TAKES EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY (TELA) SAID TODAY.

EXPLAINING THE NEED FOR THE ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID:

"THERE WAS A LOOPHOLE IN THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN OFFENCE TO SHOW A CATEGORY III FILM TO A PERSON BELOW THE AGE OF 18 IN A CINEMA, YET WHEN THE FILM WAS TURNED INTO A VIDEOTAPE OR LASERDISC, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE LAW TO PREVENT THE TAPE OR DIS FRON BRING SOLD OR HIRED TO AN UNDERAGED PERSON.

"THE NEW ORDINANUR PLUGS TALLS LOOPHOLE, FROM JANUARY 14 ONWARDS, IT WOULD BE AN OFFENCE To SELL OR HIRE A CATEGORY III VIDEOTAPE OR LASERDISC TO ANY PERSON PELOW THE AGE OF 18.

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/THE MAXIMUM

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