THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994
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VIET TREATMENT FIGURES OVERSTATED
*
THAT MIGRANTS
THE
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY THE BRITISH RED CROSS THERE HAS BEEN AN OVER-STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE TREATED IN THE CLINIC IN THE HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE.
REVISED FIGURES ARE AWAITED.
SURVEY ON FILM CENSORSHIP STANDARDS
THE ADMINISTRATION
WILL CONSIDER IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHETHER THE CURRENT FILM CENSORSHIP STANDARDS WOULD NEED TO BE TIGHTENED OR MAINTAINED, THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING, MRS RITA LAU, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
MRS LAU TODAY BRIEFED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S PANEL ON RECREATION AND CULTURE THE FINDINGS OF A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY.
TO
THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY (TELA) COMMISSIONS A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS
EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF STANDARDS ADOPTED IN FILM CENSORSHIP,
THE SURVEY WHICH HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED WAS CONDUCTED BY AN INDEPENDENT SURVEY FIRM, MDR TECHNOLOGY LTD. THE SAMPLE INCLUDED 544 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE SURVEY FINDS THAT 50 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS CONSIDER
BIT TOO TELA'S PRESENT STANDARDS TOO LENIENT OR A
29 LENIENT,
PER CENT CONSIDER THEM JUST RIGHT AND SOME 18 PER CENT FEEL THAT THEY ARE TOO STRICT OR A BIT TOO STRICT
THE REMAINING THREE PER CENT
OFFERING NO COMMENT.
MRS LAU SAID:
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WITH
THE GENERAL FEELING THAT TELA'S CURRENT CENSORSHIP STANDARDS ARE TOO LENIENT APPEARS TO BE PURELY A MATTER OF PERCEPTION.
"WHEN THE RESPONDENTS' OPINIONS ON THE 32 FILM SEGMENTS SHOWN TO THEM ARE COMPARED WITH THE ACTUAL DECISIONS MADE
IN BY TELA
BB RESPECT OF THE FILMS CONCERNED, TELA'S DECISIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO APPROPRIATE IN 18 CASES, STRICT IN 11 CASES AND LENIENT IN ONLY THREE CASES.
тоо
STANDARDS "IF THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT OUR CURRENT
ARE LENIENT IS TO BE ADDRESSED, A TIGHTENING OF CENSORSHIP STANDARDS WOULD SEEM TO BE NECESSARY.
ON
WHICH, ONE CAN ARGUE THAT MAINTAINED, SHE ADDED.
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FINDINGS "HOWEVER, THE
ON THE SEGMENTS WHICH CONFIRM THE AT BASING APPROPRIATENESS OF TELA'S DECISIONS NEED ALSO TO BE LOOKED
THE CURRENT STANDARDS SHOULD
BE
/MRS LAU