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(C) RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ETC MAY BE JUST FILED IN THE CASE OF PARTICULAR FILMS ON THE BASIS OF AT LEAST THREE OF THE CRINTERMA IN ARTICLE 19(3).

THESE ARE

*) ''RIGHTS OR REPUTATIONS OF OTHERS'', WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT HIN THE CASE OF FILMS ATTACKING PUBLIC FIGURES IN ANOTHER COUNTRY:

**) **THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY** * WHICH SHOULD BE ANTERPRETED AS COVERING THE SECURITY OF HONG KONG WHICH MAY BE EXPOSED TO ENTHER EXTERNAL OR EXTERNALLY INSPIRED THREAT. THE DEGREE OF SUCH A THREAT AND THE NEED TO ANTICIPATE SUCH A POSS #BILITY ARE MATTERS OF PERCEPTION BY THE GOVERNMENT CONCERNED : AND THERE #S, AS # SAND EARLIER, A MARGIN OF APPRECIAT÷HON.

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PUBLANC ORDER'' WOULD ALSO BE

#WN) **THE PROTECT HON OF

AVAILABLE IF THERE WAS REASON TO SUSPECT THAT A PARTICULAR FILM COULD LEAD TO PUBLIC DISTURBANCES OR PUBLIC DISQUIET LEADING TO DHSAFFECTION ON THE PART OF LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

(4) GUNDED BY THIS ADVICE THE ADMINISTRATION AS OF THE VIEW THAT LEGISLATION ALONG THE LANE OF ENTHER FORMULATION DESCRIBED EARLIER WOULD NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE UK'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THMS INTERNATIONAL CONVENANT.''

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

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