TNAG-1687-FCO40-2337-Hong-Kong-legislation-regarding-the-control-of-publications--1987 — Page 159

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN THE LAST 13 YEARS, SOME 8 400 PILMO WERE SUBMITTED FOR CENSORSHIP. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE CENSORED WERE CUT OR BANNED ON THE GROUNDS OF VIOLENCE OR SEX. TWENTY. FILMS WERE CENSORED ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY MIGHT DAMAGE GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER TERRITORIES AS PER PARAGRAPH @ ABOVE. THE CENSORSHIP

G OF THESE FILMS HAD USUALLY BEEN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.

NOT ALL THE FILMS CENSORED UNDER THIS SECTION WERE CONCERNED WITH CHINA,

THE SYSTEM OF FILM CENSORSHIP HAS OPERATED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS SATISFACTORILY UNDER THE FILM CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ORDINANGE

DURING THAT TIME NO PERSON HAD SOUGHT TO CHALLENGE IN COURT THE VALIDITY OF THOSE REGULATIONS. NO ONE CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY WHAT VIEW THE COURT WOULD TAKE IF THEY WERE TO BE CHALLENGED,

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