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Public invited to serve as tribunal adjudicators
Those who have lived in Hong Kong for seven years and is proficient in written Chinese or English may apply to join the Obscene Articles Tribunal (OAT) of the Judiciary as adjudicator.
Following the passage of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles (Amendment) Bill 1995 in the Legislative Council meeting on July 19, the number of adjudicators will be substantially enlarged to handle the anticipated increase in workload. The following changes to the OAT will be put into effect:
the minimum number of adjudicators will be increased from two to four at full hearings to review interim classifications as well as at hearings to reconsider articles classified more than three years ago; and
an adjudicator who has sat on the interim hearing of an article will not be allowed to be a member of the Tribunal to review the same article at a full hearing.
"This change in the operation of the OAT as well as our wish to enlarge the panel are the reasons behind the present exercise," a spokesman for the Recreation and Culture Branch said today (Thursday).
The Recreation and Culture Branch is in close consultation with the Judiciary in co-ordinating this exercise.
When enlarging the panel of adjudicators, both the Government and the Judiciary consider that there is a need to increase the number of female adjudicators. There are at present 77 adjudicators, of whom about one fifth are women.