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ARGUED MR LEE ADDED IT COULD NOT BE

PUBLIC EITHER OF THESE FILMS "COULD LEAD TO

THE

DISQUIET OFFICIALS".

ΤΟ LEADING

DISAFFECTION

ON

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ

THAT THE EXHIBITION OF DISTURBANCES OR PUBLIC OF LOCAL PUBLIC

MR LEE SAID: "WE HAVE ONLY SEEN TWO OF THESE 11 BANNED FILMS.

THAT THERE WOULD BUT SINCE WE SAW THE WORST TWO, I AM CONFIDENT EVEN LESS EXCUSE IN BANNING THE OTHER NINE.

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THE MR LEE SAID THE ISSUE BEFORE WIDE PRINCIPLE, THE PRE-PUBLICATION CENSORSHIP OF FILMS. COUNCIL VOTES ON THE MOTION IT IS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE? ARE WE GOING FORWARD

WE AUTONOMY? OR ARE A GOVERNMENT WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF

BE

COUNCIL TODAY CONCERNED A "BEFORE THIS ΤΟ ASK OURSELVES THESE TOWARDS ENTERING AN THE NEW CHINA OR MAY NOT

ERA WHEN A NOD OR A SHAKE OF THE HEAD FROM SOMEONE IN NEWS AGENCY WILL DECIDE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG MAY SEE?

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CENSORSHIP IN FILMS, 'FURTHER, ONCE WE ALLOW PRE-PUBLICATION

ARREST THERE IS NO WAY TO

THE TIDE OF POLITICAL CENSORSHIP FROM OVERFLOWING TO THE THEATRE, TO TELEVISION AND TO THE PRINTED MEDIA.

"

"WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED IN SRI LANKA. LET US STOP HAPPENING IN HONG KONG,' MR LEE ADDED.

IT FROM

NEED TO RETAIN POLITICAL CENSORSHIP CLAUSE

* *

THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN

COUNCIL SECURITY AND

SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT IN THE INTEREST OF THE POLITICAL WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG, THERE WAS NEED TO RETAIN THE FILM REGULATIONS 1987 WITHOUT DELETION OF REGULATION 3A (VII).

THE CENSORSHIP THE REGULATION CONCERNED TOUCHED ON RELATING TO DAMAGE TO GOOD RELATIONS WITH OTHER TERRITORIES.

MR

"THE

CENSORSHIP

PRINCIPLE

CHEONG-LEEN SAID:

HONG KONG

HAS GOVERNMENT

BEEN WAY OF A GUIDELINE FOR FOLLOWING THE SPIRIT OF THIS REGULATION BY

NOT DONE DAMAGE ΤΟ HONG KONG'S OVER 13 YEARS ALREADY, AND IT HAS POLITICAL,

OR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL

CULTURAL

VIOLATED VIABILITY, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, AS FAR AS I

CAN ASCERTAIN.

"

NOR

HONG KONG MOVED FORWARD TOWARDS HOWEVER, HE AGREED THAT AS

ENFORCEMENT. LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS COULD MONITOR THE MANNER OF OF THE REGULATION.

1997,

'IF AT ANY TIME THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD EXCESSIVELY OR UNREASONABLY IN THE

THUS

LIBERTIES,

ESPECIALLY

CAUSING MUCH PUBLIC

LEGISLATURE BY MAJORITY VOTE CAN AT

(VII)," HE ADDED.

FREEDOM

ANY

SEEM ΤΟ BE ACTING ENFORCEMENT OF THIS REGULATION,

OF THE VIOLATION ABOUT CONCERN

AND OF THOUGHT

EXPRESSION, TIME RESCIND REGULATION

CIVIL

THE

3A

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