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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994
BROADCASTING THE WRONG NICAM ON
THE BA ALSO WARNED WHARF CABLE FOR ENGLISH SOUNDTRACK OF THE FEATURE "IRON MAZE" BROADCAST IN THE CABLE MOVIE CHANNEL.
THE ENGLISH SOUNDTRACK CONTAINED A NUMBER OF FOUL EXPRESSIONS THAT WHARF CABLE HAD INTENDED TO EDIT OUT BUT WHICH, BY MISTAKE, WERE BROADCAST UNEDITED.
WITH REGARD TO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION BROADCASTS, THE BA SERIOUSLY WARNED TVB FOR INCLUDING IN THE PROGRAMME "EYT" DETAILED DEPICTIONS OF CAR BURGLARY TECHNIQUES WHICH MIGHT INVITE IMITATIONS FROM WOULD-BE OFFENDERS.
THE BA FELT THAT THE CLEAR AND DETAILED DEPICTION OF CAR THEFT TECHNIQUES OUTWEIGHED THE ADVICE GIVEN IN THE PROGRAMME TO COUNTER CAR THEFT, AND IT ALSO FELT THAT THE PROGRAMME HAD GLORIFIED CAR THIEVES.
THE BA ALSO CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMME "HONG KONG TODAY", BROADCAST ON ATV.
MOST OF THE PROGRAMMES THAT GENERATED COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND BY THE BA TO BE ACCEPTABLE, BUT, IN RESPECT OF A PROGRAMME COVERING A MURDER CASE IN WHICH A WOMAN WAS KILLED, DISMEMBERED AND FRIED, THE BA FELT THAT THE MATERIAL WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR BROADCAST IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FAMILY VIEWING HOURS.
ATV WAS ADVISED TO OBSERVE MORE CLOSELY THE CODES OF PRACTICE AND TO BROADCAST MATERIAL OF SUCH NATURE AFTER 9.30 PM.
BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT ISSUES REMOVAL ORDERS
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THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ISSUED 32 STATUTORY ORDERS UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF 65 UNAUTHORISED PROJECTING STRUCTURES IN ALBERT HOUSE WHERE A CANOPY COLLAPSED ON AUGUST 1 THIS YEAR.
THE MOVE FOLLOWS THE ISSUE OF 78 ADVISORY LETTERS TO THE OCCUPANTS IN ALBERT HOUSE BY THE DEPARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 27, ADVISING THEM TO REMOVE 145 UNAUTHORISED PROJECTING STRUCTURES. THESE COMPRISE APPENDAGES, FLOWER RACKS AND COOLING TOWERS.
THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS, MRS HELEN YU, URGED THE OCCUPANTS CONCERNED TO COMPLY WITH THE REMOVAL ORDERS BY THE SPECIFIED DEADLINE, DECEMBER 23 THIS YEAR.
AT THE SAME TIME, SHE THANKED THOSE OCCUPANTS WHO HAD RESPONDED TO THE ADVISORY LETTERS AND REMOVED THEIR UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES.
"I AM PLEASED THAT MANY OF THE OCCUPANTS HAD TAKEN HEED OF OUR ADVICE AND VOLUNTARILY REMOVED OR ARE REMOVING THE IR UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES. THEIR PROMPT ACTION IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN BUILDINGS AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
"THOSE OCCUPANTS
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