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through, for instance, the use of specially compiled

teaching materials. District Boards and District

Fight Crime Committees are also paying closer

attention to juvenile offences in their areas.

(d)

Public Order and Censorship

68.

the

There was considerable controversy and

comment in Hong Kong, particularly in the media, over

enactment in March 1987 of the Public Order

(Amendment) Ordinance. This Ordinance was part of a

package which repealed all but one of the strict

legislative provisions applicable to the media which,

although rarely if ever invoked, had been on the

local statute book since 1951. During the debate the

Hong Kong Government made it clear that the provision

being retained, which prohibits the deliberate

publication of false news, was a measure of last

resort which would only be used in very limited

circumstances. In the meantime, the Hong Kong media

have remained as outspoken and free from government

interference as ever.

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