WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1983
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PRESS INVITED TO JOIN SEMINARS ON LIBEL, ETHICS
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WORKING JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO ENROL IN TWO SEMINARS ONE ON THE LAW OF LIBEL TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER, AND THE OTHER ON PRESS ETHICS TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.
THE TWO SEMINARS, CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION, HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE, ARE PART OF A TRAINING PROGRAMME SERIES FOR JOURNALISTS ORGANISED BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
THE SYLLABUS OF THE SEMINAR ON LAW OF LIBEL CONSISTS OF 11 LECTURES, AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION WILL INCLUDE CIVIL LIBEL, SLANDER, CRIMINAL LIBEL, LOCAL AND OVERSEAS PRECEDENT LIBEL CASES AND THE DEFENCE OF LIBEL CASES.
CODES AND ENFORCIBILITY OF ETHICS, AS WELL AS INTERESTING CASES INVOLVING THE OBSERVANCE AND BREAKING OF PROFESSIONAL PRINCIPLES, ARE TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN THE TEN TALKS IN THE SECOND SEMINAR ON PRESS ETHICS.
THE SEMINARS ARE OPEN TO JOURNALISTS WHO ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND, PREFERABLY, SPEAK ENGLISH.
AND THOSE WHO WISH TO ENROL IN THE SEMINAR ON THE LAW OF LIBEL SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS' REPORTING OR EDITING EXPERIENCE.
PARTICIPANTS WILL PAY A NOMINAL FEE OF $100 EACH - AS THE REST OF THE SEMINAR FEES, WHICH IS $1 000 PER PERSON, WILL BE DORNE BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, PARTICIPANTS MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FULL COURSE FEES IF THE IR ATTENDANCE RATE IS LESS THAN 70 PER CENT, A JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD REACH THE BAPTIST COLLEGE'S
COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT BY SEPTEMBER 20.
ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, AT 3-374161 OR 3-370265 DURING OFFICE HOURS.
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