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Public hearings on radio licence set for May
The following is issued on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority:
The Broadcasting Authority (BA) decided at a meeting yesterday (Thursday) to hold two public hearings in May this year as part of its mid-term review of the radio licence held by Commercial Radio. The public hearings will be held in the evenings of May 9 and 18 in the Lecture Hall of the Science Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui.
A spokesman for BA said the venue had proved popular last year when it held public hearings as part of the mid-term review of ATV and TVB.
The spokesman explained that the format of the hearings would be similar to that of last year, which had been well received by the public.
He added that the BA was liaising with Commercial Radio to explore the possibility of broadcasting the event to enable it to reach a wider audience.
The BA also considered a number of public complaints about television and radio broadcasters.
It advised ATV and TVB to observe more closely the television programme standards in respect of the programmes "Hong Kong Today" and "Focus on Focus" broadcast on their Chinese language channels. The programmes had attracted public complaints over their treatment of the story of a woman alleged to have offered sexual favours to taxi drivers.
The BA found that, although the subject matter was not outright unacceptable, the treatment had been of bad taste and doubtful propriety and had bordered on indecency.