1987-07-09 09:20 COMMS. OFFICE (GOV'T HSE)
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Sir.
Speech by the Honourable the Chief Secretary Mr David Ford, LVO, OBE, JP
in the Legislative Council on 8 July 1987
has
My friend the Attorney General
commented on the question of the compatability of our
Film Censorship legislation with Article 19 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights. I would like to comment more generally on
the regulation which is the subject of this motion.
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The aim of Regulation 3A is to safeguard
the interests of Hong Kong by preventing it from
being used OS a propaganda base against other
territories. In considering this motion, I hope that
Members will
will give serious thought to three
significant factors. First, the need
the need to preserve
individual freedoms, secondly, the importance to Hong
Kong's economy of maintaining good relations with our
trading partners and thirdly, the particular
political and geographical circumstances of Hong Kong.
As in so many cases the Judgement on how to
strike
the
right
balance
between the
various
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