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of deleting Towtriotion to local aoWSTED ONE
It has been said that the deletion of the reference in the
slause to 'local newspaper will greatly extend its scope. [I will not go into the background to this amendment, which has already been
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In praotice the amondmeat will be of limited sigilionpoes
It is of course ocrrect, as has been said, that the removal of the restriction to newspapers extends the olause to other forms of publication. In the case of the broadcasting media this adds little or nothing to the ooutsole to which they are already subject.
far as mything else is concerned, 'publish' for this purpose bears its ardizary dictionary meaning of making something generally know.
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Photo Padvate conversations, even polvate meetin and alub or company circulars will not be caught. Public speeches wowid in prinoiple be covered, but bearing in mind that another ingredient of the offence is the need to show a likelihood of causing public alarm or disturbing publio order, it would only be in cases of public speeches to large audiences that the possibility of offending
inst the seotton could
Bings that mommioating information is in volume terms negligible in Hong Kong compared to what is published by the muse media, this extension of the bill will have little praottoal effects On the other hand, it romoly. In to tus as the alsohton against which the oooon te effected by publications other than in newspapers, 19 in illogical to single at newspaper aa the target or tho alruse.
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