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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1976
ETV PROGRAMMES CONTINUALLY IMPROVED
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EDUCATION TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ARE BEING CONTINUALLY IMPROVED IN THE LIGHT OF FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS AND THEIR WIDE COVERAGE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHO ASKED WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DOING TO MAKE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION MORE INTERESTING AND TO ENCOURAGE AND FOLLOW A CO-ORDINATED APPROACH TOGETHER WITH THE TV STATIONS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN VIEWERS.
MR. TOPLEY SAID HE HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT ETV WAS STILL BEING ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED. HE EMPHATICALLY DENIED THAT IT WAS DULL.
+HOWEVER, IF THE QUESTION MEANS THAT A VERY GOOD ETV SERVICE CAN BE IMPROVED, THEN DO AGREE,+ HE SAID.
HE SAID EACH YEAR ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE PROGRAMMES WERE RE-MADE, AND THIS YEAR THERE WAS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF ALL THE FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMMES.
HE DISCLOSED THAT ETV, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1971, NOW COVERED MORE THAN 400,000 CHILDREN IN PRIMARY THREE TO SIX. THE COMMERCIAL STATIONS EACH PROVIDE FOUR HOURS AIR-TIME DAILY DURING A 32-WEEK BROADCAST YEAR.
HE ADDED THAT FROM TIME TO TIME HE WAS APPROACHED BY THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES FOR VIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES LIKE +SESAME STREET+, AND THE BIG BLUE MARBLE+. +THESE VIEWS I AM HAPPY TO GIVE, HE SAID.
DRAFT BILL ON NO-FAULT INSURANCE SCHEME ******
LEGISLATION FOR THE PROPOSED NO-FAULT SCHEME FOR
COMPENSATING VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IS UNDER PREPARATION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE PLACED BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHORTLY.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. J.H. BREMRIDGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY,
MR. ROBSON SAID THE COST OF THE SCHEME HAD BEEN RE- ASSESSED AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS ANALYSED.
THE NEW LEGISLATION WILL BE KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS (COMPENSATION FUND) BILL.
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