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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 03120OZ FCO
TELNO 2929
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OF 030955Z AUGUST 87
YOUR TELNO 2090: PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDNANCE: CALL BY
LORD MCGREGOR OF DURRMS
ON PUBLIC ORDER WE HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO OUR TELNO 2688 OF 8 JULY. THE SUBJECT HAS HARDLY BEEN MENTIONED DIRECTLY IN THE PRESS: *NDIRECTLY THERE WAS A RECENT REPORT QUOTING LIM HOU AS DENY NG YET AGAIN HE EVER MADE THE OFFENDING REMARK TO THE MAGAZINE HN QUESTION, TO WHICH THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC REACTION.
2. AS REGARDS FILM CENSORSHIP CONSULTATION WITH THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP ON THE DRAFT BALL IS CONTINUING. THE MAIN OUTSTANDING *SSUE REMAINS POWER TO CENSOR FILMS ON THE SO-CALLED POLITICAL GROUNDS BUT THE AD HOC GROUP APPEARS TO HAVE BACKED OFF THE QUESTION OF COMPATIBILITY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVAL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS. WE INTEND TO PUBLISH A REVISED "WHITE' BILL IN SEPTEMBER FOR FURTHER PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND TO INTRODUCE THE DRAFT BILL INTO LEGCO EARLY IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE CAN EXPECT LIMITED BUT NOT
UNMANAGEABLE OPPOSITION IN LEGCO.
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