WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
2
FOUR
HE ADDED NOT ALL THE FILMS BANNED WERE CRITICAL OF CHINA.
SOUTH KOREA, HE WERE CRITICAL OF THE U.S., ONE OF FRANCE AND ONE OF SAID.
"FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT HONG KONG HAS HAD THIS
HE STRESSED. AUTHORITIES HAVE EXERCISED IT SPARINGLY,
REGULATION THE
THE PEOPLE
OF
HONG KONG EXPECTED THAT MR FORD BELIEVED
WAS DIFFERENT STANDARDS TO BE APPLIED TO THE CENSORSHIP OF FILMS THAN APPLIED TO THE PRINT MEDIA.
MORE VIVID GATHERED TOGETHER IN BE BY THEM 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.
PROVOKED BE
MANY SURVEYS THAT HAVE "WHAT SEEMS TO BE CLEAR FROM ALL THE
CENSORS HAVE OF BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THIS FIELD IS THAT THE STANDARDS THE
MAJORITY APPLIED IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN BROADLY ACCEPTABLE TO
NR FORD SAID. HONG KONG'S PEOPLE,
THE
FOR SOME 14 HAD THIS REGULATION NOTING THAT HONG KONG 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.
ON A STRICTLY HE SAID THE EXTENSION OF THESE REGULATIONS WAS
BILL THE NEW FILM CENSORSHIP IN CONSIDERING THE TEMPORARY BASIS. PRINCIPLE THAT ONLY THE MINIMUM OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE FREEDOM OF INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE IMPOSED HAD AGAIN BEEN APPLIED.
THE
"UNDER
THE
IN PUBLISHED
APRIL WAS WHICH BILL, NEW MR FORD SALD
COMMENT,
THE POWERS WOULD FURTHER LIMIT FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
OF THE FILM THE BILL THE COMPOSITION OF THE CENSORS.
HE SAID. SUBSTANTIALLY, CENSORSHIP APPEAL BOARD WILL BE CHANGED
THE
"
PARTICIPATION
DECISION FINAL
HANDS
"THIS WILL ENABLE CREATER · PUBLIC CENSORSHIP PROCESS AND WILL INDEED PLACE
IN THE SHOWN PUM WHETHER OR NOT A UNOFFICIALS RATHER THAN A MAJORITY OF OFFICIALS ADDED.
IN
THE AS TO
OF
**
HE
OF
MAJORITY A AS AT PRESENT,
ΤΟ BE INTRODUCED WAS INTENDED BILL HE SAID THE
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
INTO THE
IN THE NEXT SESSION
CENSORSHIP FILM HE POINTED OUT
FOR THE DESIGNED TABLED BEFORE THE COUNCIL
CURRENT PUTTING BEYOND DOUBT THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE PRACTICES.
THAT THE
WERE
PURPOSE SOLE
FILM
REGULATIONS 1987
OF
CENSORSHIP
"AS SUCH THEY DO NO MORE THAN PROVIDE THE FRAMEWORK THE EXISTING CENSORSHIP PRACTICES TO BE CONTINUED.".
ΤΟ ENABLE
THE NEW
REGULATIONS WILL BE REVOKED
1
PLACE, MR FORD ADDED.
"THE MAKING OF THESE REGULATIONS IS WITHOUT
BILL CENSORSHIP OF CONSIDERATION
NEW PERMANENT
то PREJUDICE
FILM WHEN
1987.
LEGISLATION
THE THESE IS IN
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