TNAG-1693-FCO40-2343-Publication-of--Spycatcher--by-Peter-Wright-in-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 15

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

FOUR HE ADDED NOT ALL THE FILMS BANNED WERE CRITICAL OF CHINA.

SOUTH KOREA, HE ONE OF FRANCE AND ONE OF WERE CRITICAL OF THE U.S., SAID.

"FOR ALL THE Y) ARS THAT HONG KONG HAS HAD THIS

HE STRESSED. AUTHORITIES HAVE EXERCISED IT SPARINGLY,

REGULATION THE

THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG EXPECTED THAT BELIEVED MR FORD

WAS DIFFERENT STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CENSORSHIP OF FILMS THAN APPLIED TO THE PRINT MEDIA,

MORE VIVID GATHERED TOGETHER IN BE PROVOKED BY THEM

BE COULD

HE SAID THE IMPACT OF FILMS WAS MORE IMMEDIATE AND AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOWN TO LARGE AUDIENCES ONE PLACE, THE REACTIONS THAT COULD QUITE DRAMATIC.

MANY SURVEYS THAT HAVE CENSORS HAVE THE MAJORITY OF

"WHAT SEEMS TO BE CLEAR FROM ALL THE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TI, THIS FIELD IS THAT THE STANDARDS THE APPLIED IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN BROADLY ACCEPTABLE TO HONG KONG'S PEOPLE, MR FORD SAID.

SOME

THIS REGULATION FOR

14 NOTING THAT HỌNG KONG HAD HAD

ΤΟ THE PRINT MEDIA, YEARS AND HAD NEVER SEEN THE NEED TO EXTEND IT MR FORD SAID THERE WAS NO REASON WHY THE VIEW SHOULD BE CHANGED.

THE

THE

ON A STRICTLY HE SAID THE EXTENSION OF THESE REGULATIONS WAS

BILL FILM CENSORSHIP NEW TEMPORARY BASIS, IN CONSIDERING THE PRINCIPLE THAT ONLY THE MINIMUM OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE IMPOSED HAD AGAIN BEEN APPLIED.

MR FORD SAID FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND

OF

THE CENSORS. THE CENSORSHIP APPEAL BOARD WILL BE

THE NEW

"UNDER

BILL, WHICH WOULD COMMENT,

THE BILL

WAS PUBLISHED FURTHER LIMIT COMPOSITION

IN APRIL THE POWERS OF THE FILM

CHANGED

ENABLE GREATER

PUBLIC

PARTICIPATION

THE

FINAL THE

"THIS

WILL

HE SAID. SUBSTANTIALLY,"

IN DECISION AS ΤΟ OF A MAJORITY OF AS AT PRESENT, HE

CENSORSHIP PROCESS AND WILL INDEED PLACE

HANDS IN THE SHOWN FIL

S WHETHER OR NOT A UNOFFICIALS RATHER THAN A MAJORITY OF OFFICIALS

ADDED.

ΤΟ BE INTRODUCED INTO INTENDED WAS HE SAID THE BILL

IN THE NEXT SESSION SOON AS PRACTICABLE AS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.

THE

REGULATIONS

PURPOSE

1987 OF

THAT THE FILM CENSORSHIP HE POINTED OUT

SOLE FOR THE WERE DESIGNED TABLED BEFORE THE COUNCIL,

CURRENT FILM CENSORSHIP. PUTTING BEYOND DOUBT THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE PRACTICES.

"AS SUCH THEY DO NO MORE THAN PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK THE EXISTING CENSORSHIP PRACTICES TO BE CONTINUED."

ΤΟ ENABLE

"

"THE MAKING OF THESE REGULATIONS IS WITHOUT

NEW FILM CENSORSHIP OF THE CONSIDERATION

WHEN

LEGISLATION PERMANENT REGULATIONS WILL BE REVOKED PLACE, MR FORD ADDED.

BILL

1987.

NEW

PREJUDICE ΤΟ THE THESE IS IN

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