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Governor: I don't think we miscalculated with respect the opinions of the public. There was an opinion poll even this week in one of your newspapers which showed that nearly 70 per cent of the public favour the Old Age Pension Scheme. But that's not been the case as I said earlier with the Legislative Council and we have to get any proposals through the Legislative Council, nor with the Chambers of Commerce, nor with your newspapers, nor as far as I know, with Chinese officials, so you know, we are in the business of trying to get things done with the maximum community support, on which note I am going to depart and I'm going to let you meet your news deadline. Thank you very much.

Question: (on unemployment of disabled)

Governor: I told her that had hold a summit with representatives of the disabled and employers last year....come forward with a number of practical proposals that the government can give a lead. We will be holding...a summit this year to examine the progress that has been made. I also told her that Hong Kong needs the talents and abilities of all its people whether they're suffering from disability or not and that we couldn't afford to discard the talents of people like, she has to offer.

End/ Wednesday, February 15, 1995

Stricter restrictions on selling, distribution of indecent articles

The Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles (Amendment) Bill which seeks to tighten the control over the selling and distribution of indecent articles to minors and to facilitate enforcement actions will be introduced into the Legislative Council next Wednesday (February 22).

Under the proposed bill, all indecent articles must display a warning notice occupying at least 20 per cent of the cover on both sides and be sealed in completely opaque wrapper. The wrapper should be in black, dark blue or dark grey colour.

Nothing shall be printed on it except the warning notice; the name, address and telephone number of the publisher; the date of publication; its serial number; and the price.

"We consider it justifiable that the fulfilment of this requirement should fall primarily on the shoulder of publishers," a spokesman for the Recreation and Culture Branch said today (Wednesday).