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the total number of amusement game centres licensed to admit persons of the age of 16 and above which have been warned or prosecuted, or whose licences have been suspended, for admitting children under the age of 16 or wearing school uniform since the implementation of the Ordinance?
The replies to the three points raised in the question are:
(a)
(b)
(c)
TELA conducted 1,363 and 1,345 inspections on amusement games centres in 1994 and 1995 respectively, involving 566 and 511 amusement game centres respectively;
between December 1993 and May 1996, TELA issued 700 written warnings to those amusement game centres providing video games with obscene, gambling or violent contents. No amusement game centre has had its licence revoked for offering such games, however, the licences of three centres were suspended. 15 amusement game centres have been prosecuted by the Police for providing such games; and
between December 1993 and May 1996, 155 amusement game centres licensed to admit persons of the age of 16 and above have been warned for admitting children under the age of 16 or wearing school uniform. 177 amusement game centres have been prosecuted by the Police on these grounds, but no amusement game centre has had its licence revoked or suspended.
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