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Court of Human Rights by the European Human Rights Commission,
United Kingdom judgment was given against the Government in 14 of them, whilst
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In relation to the two films which we saw, neither
constituted an attack upon the reputation of public figures
in the PRC as the principal characters were all fiction, nor do they expose Hong Kong "to an external or externally inspired threat". from the PRC. It is really stretching one's imagination too far
to say that if these films were shown in a Causeway Bay or
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Hong Kong, the PRC would be provoked to such an extent that she would send her army to attack Hong Kong. Indeed, Sir, I submit this is a ridiculous and fanciful suggestion, even though allowing
for a certain "margin of appreciation," particularly after the signing of the Sino British Joint Declaration.
Nor can it be argued that the exhibition of either of these films "could lead to public disturbance or public disquiet leading to disaffection on the part of local public officials". After all, the learned Attorney General saw the first film and will in due course demonstrate his loyalty to the administration 21 by speaking against this motion.
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Sir, of course, we have seen only two of these banned films but since we saw the worst two, I am confident that there 24 would be even less excuse in banning the other nine.
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Sir, the PRC is pursuing an open policy: the horrors. of the Cultural Revolution which were depicted so vividly in "The Coldest Winter in Peking" have been openly condemned in China for the past ten years. The abuses of privileges enjoyed by some top Party cadres and their children which were so well exposed in "If I were for real" have likewise been condemned by the Chinese Communist Party in recent years. Sir, against this background is it being suggested by the administration that the PRC is so bankrupt in self-confidence that she would not allow the people of Hong Kong to be told about the dark years of the Cultural Revolution or the excesses of some of the cadres ?
By second guessing the PRC, does the administration
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