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regulations are passed who can guarantee that the same excuse will not be used to extend censorship to other forms of media. By that time the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression will be lost. And the concept of one country two systems will no longer be with us. Sir, I believe that inside this Council where the members are in favour of the motion or in opposition to the motion, they base their judgement on the interest of the people of Hong Kong. Before the government comes to a final decision, will the government consider giving members of the public a chance to go and watch the movies that have been banned on political grounds, and then listen to the views expressed by members of the public. Sir, Mr. Pang Chún-hoi is ill, he is therefore not with us this afternoon. He authorises me to speak on his
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Mr. Lee: I would prefer to see an absence of advance censorship of publications and other forms of expression including movie films. Any form of control should be exercised through punitive measures which are imposed by law after the event. In order to obviate the risk of being punished, the publisher or producer may, if he so wishes, submit the publication or production for advance scrutiny or classification on a voluntary basis. This principle is used in the control of obscene and indecent articles Ordinance and should be applied to the film censorship regulations. Nevertheless, as advanced censorship of movie films has been the practice for many years I do not propose to remove it completely at this stage. But would like to see the criteria concerning relationship with other territories excluded. am not prepared to go in to the argument of details about the international covenant on civil and political rights. Indeed, a lot of things can and should be decided by common
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