THE SURVEY
FOR
DECEMBER 1993
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1994
FEBRUARY
1994
COVERED
A
NON-INSTITUTIONAL
QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11,900 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,300 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED BY INTERVIEWING MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
EACH INDIVIDUAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
THE
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING
FOLLOW UNDEREMPLOYMENT
CLOSELY THOSE
BY RECOMMENDED INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
AND
ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN DETAILED
IN PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS TIMES A YEAR.
BE
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1994 WILL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF JUNE AT $24 A COPY.
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BA CONTINUES TO MONITOR STAR TV SERVICE
THIS
THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY HAS DISCUSSED WITH HUTCHVISION AND STAR TV EXECUTIVES THE SATELLITE LICENSEE'S PLANS FOR THE LAUNCH WEEK OF A NEW SUBSCRIPTION MOVIE CHANNEL IN PLACE OF THE BBC SERVICE TELEVISION.
WORLD
MEMBERS NOTED, AND SYMPATHISED WITH, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY VARIOUS PARTIES REGRETTING THE LOSS OF THE BBC SERVICE IN HONG KONG, BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL DECISION BY THE LICENSEE AND ONE WHICH IT WAS ENTITLED TO MAKE IN VIEW OF THE LACK OF TRANSPONDER CAPACITY ON THE ASIASAT I SATELLITE.
THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE REGULATE THE ENTIRE STAR TV SERVICE OF HUTCHVISION.
TO MONITOR AND
IN CONSIDERING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TELEVISION SERVICES IN HONG KONG, THE AUTHORITY FOUND THAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND SUBTITLES USED IN THE FILM "CHICKEN A LA QUEEN", SHOWN ON THE CABLE MOVIE CHANNEL, WERE CRUDE AND DOWNRIGHT OFFENSIVE AND IN BREACH OF THE AUTHORITY'S PROGRAMME STANDARDS FOR SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION. THE AUTHORITY WARNED WHARF CABLE FOR THE BREACH.
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