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QUESTION NO. 7

Reply by the Hon. P.K. Y. Tsao, CPM, JP,

Secretary for Administrative Services

and Information to a question by the

Hon. Mrs. Rita FAN in Legislative Council on 1 May 1985

Question: As the Attorney General has indicated that a permanent and broadly-based tribunal will be

set up to monitor and control objectionable

publications, could government inform this Council what progress has been made towards the establishment of such a tribunal in Hong Kong?

Sir,

Following the Attorney General's speech in this Chamber on 8 November 1984, an inter-departmental working

group chaired by the Assistant to the Attorney General was

formed, with members drawn from the Administrative

Services and Information Branch, the Police and the

Customs and Excise Department, to consider in detail the setting up of an Obscene Publications Tribunal.

2.

The working group has met regularly on average at fortnightly intervals; the latest meeting having been held this morning.

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