GRS 130
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 3577
OF 31025OZ OCTOBER 86
شار
CONRIDENTIAL
TOP COPY
RECEIVEL
5 NOV 1986
YOUR TELNO. 2374.
5/12
THE EXCO SUBMISSION CONTAINING THE FILM CENSORSHIP BILL WAS
SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION ON 5 AUGUST BUT WAS WITHDRAWN. ON THE
GOVERNOR'S INSTRUCTION. CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED ON THE INCLUSION OF
CENSORSHIP PRINCIPLES, IN PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GOOD RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES', IN THE PROPOSED BILL WHICH MIGHT GIVE
RISE TO CONTROVERSY.
CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO ABANDONING THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION AND PROVIDE FILM CLASSIFICATION ADMINISTRATIVELY AS AN
ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO THE CINEMA OPERATOR'S PERMIT. IN THIS WAY, THE EXISTING LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FILM CENSORSHIP WILL REMAIN INTACT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL PROBLEMS WITH ITS PRESENT
LEGAL STATUS. EXCO'S ADVICE ON THE ABOVE WILL BE SOUGHT CIR.
DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
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