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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1977
MONITORING OF TV PROGRAMMES
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION STANDARDS CONTROL OFFICERS HAS RECENTLY BEEN INCREASED FROM SIX TO NINE AND WHEN THE THREE VACANCIES HAVE BEEN FILLED THIS SHOULD ENABLE THE TELEVISION AUTHOR ITY TO INCREASE ITS MONITORING COVERAGE, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH,
+1 AM NOT ABLE TO SAY WHAT PERCENTAGE COVERAGE THIS WOULD AMOUNT TO AS THE COMBINED OUTPUT OF THE THREE STATIONS IS INCREASING AND AS THE TELEVISION STANDARDS CONTROL OFFICERS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO DIRECT AND ADVISE THE STATIONS ON PROGRAMME STANDARDS,+ MR. LI SAID.
THE AIM OF THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY BOARD IS A COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING OF ALL PROGRAMMES, MR. LI POINTED OUT, BUT THIS WOULD REQUIRE A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF MANPOWER.
CROWD CONTROL AT FOOTBALL MATCH ******
THE POLICE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IN ORDER TO TRY TO ENSURE AS ACCURATE A FORECAST OF LIKELY ATTENDANCE AS POSSIBLE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. HENRY HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CROWD CONTROL AT A RECENT FOOTBALL MATCH AT BOUNDARY STREET STADIUM, MR. DAVIES SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH THE CROWD CONTROL AT THAT MATCH BECAUSE THE SIZE OF THE CROWD WAS SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE ADVANCE ESTIMATE OF AN ATTENDANCE OF 7,000 BY THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
+ IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE ORIGINAL DETACHMENT OF POLICE FOR CROWD CONTROL DUTIES HAD TO SEEK REINFORCEMENT. THESE WERE PROVIDED BY THE RESERVE UNIT WHICH WAS STANDING BY, HE SAID.
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