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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1975
VIOLENCE ON TV KEPT TO MINIMUM
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THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY IS VERY MUCH CONCERNED TO ENSURE THAT THE INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION DOES NOT REACH EXCESSIVE PROPORTIONS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. LI FOOK-KOW, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMES PORTRAYING VIOLENCE, HE SAID IS KEPT TO A RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK VIEWING HOURS OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES, WHICH ATTRACT ABOUT 95 PER CENT OF ALL VIEWERS.
MR. LI WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL OF TV VIOLENCE IN HONG KONG WOULD NOT BE HIGHER THAN THAT OF BRITAIN.
MR. LI POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT REALISTIC TO. DRAW COMPARISONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND HONG KONG ON THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE SCREENED ON TELEVISION AS THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PORTRAYED VIOLENCE VARIES WITH THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF THE VIEWER.
+INDEED, SOME PROGRAMMES WHICH HAVE BEEN BROADCAST ON TELEVISION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL FOR LOCAL SCREENING, HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE EITHER IN PART OR IN WHOLE,+ HE SAID.
MR. LI ADDED THAT PROGRAMME STANDARDS ARE GOVERNED BY THE TELEVISION CODE OF PRACTICE, WHICH REFLECTS WHAT THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY CONSIDERS TO BE THE STANDARDS OF ACCEPTABILITY PREVAILING IN HONG KONG.
+IN THIS CONNECTION THE AUTHORITY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD AND CONDUCTED A SURVEY IN APRIL 1974 TO ASCERTAIN THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON SCREENED SEX AND VIOLENCE BOTH IN THE CINEMA AND ON TELEVISION,+ HE SAID.
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