FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 197*
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+VISUALLY, THE MAJORITY OF SUCH PRODUCTIONS WERE HANDLED IN GOOD TASTE, BUT IN MANY CASES THE STORIES PRESENTED WERE OF A DUBIOUS NATURE AND THIS WAS BORNE OUT BY THE CRITICAL PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED BY THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY.
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE SCREENING OF SUCH SERIES AT PRIME TIME UNDESIRABLE AND ADVISED THE AUTHORITY ACCORDINGLY.
+WE WERE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT A FIRM STAND WAS TAKEN ON THE ISSUE AND THAT THE OBJECTIONABLE SERIES WERE MOD IF IED OR STOPPED, + THE BOARD SAYS IN ITS REPORT.
THE BOARD ALSO NOTED THAT IN SOME OF THE MODERN CRIME DRAMAS AND IN A NUMBER OF LIVE, SATIRICAL, DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS THERE WAS AN INCREASING TENDENCY TO INSERT +TRIAD+ LANGUAGE IN THE DIALOGUE, OFTEN BEYOND THE NEEDS OF THE STORY.
+WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT SUCH LANGUAGE MAY, ON OCCASIONS, HAVE A VALID AND NECESSARY PART IN A SCRIPT, WE BELIEVE THAT PRODUCERS MUST GIVE THE MOST CAREFUL THOUGHT TO THE PUBLIC OBJECTIONS THAT THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF SUCH LANGUAGE INEVITABLY BRINGS FORTH,+ THE BOARD SAYS.
AS A RESULT OF THE BOARD'S ADVICE, THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY CORRESPONDED AT LENGTH WITH THE STATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT AND, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE LICENSEES WERE CO-OPERATING IN CHECKING THIS PROBLEM.
DURING THE YEAR THE BOARD ALSO HELD SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH KEY PRODUCTION STAFF OF THE THREE STATIONS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON PROGRAMME PROBLEMS.
ON SPECIALISED TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE STATIONS' TECHNICAL STAFF, THE BOARD SAYS SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND A BASIC SYLLABUS HAS BEEN AGREED FOR SUITABLE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
WELCOMING THE STUDY PROJECT CONDUCTED IN THE LATTER PART OF 1976 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG INTO THE VIEWING HABITS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, THE BOARD SAYS +THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT AND REFLECTS THE GROWING CONCERN FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD ABOUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF TELEVISION VIEWING ON SOCIETIES.+
THE BOARD ADDS, HOWEVER, THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE HIGH COSTS OF MAINTAINING ANY LARGE-SCALE STUDY PROGRAMME AND WILL NO DOUBT HAVE TO RELY ON THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH CARRIED OUT ELSEWHERE FOR OUR LOCAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIUM.
+WHILE WE ACCEPT THAT MANY OF THESE FINDINGS WILL HAVE UNIVERSAL VALIDITY WE FEEL THAT THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND PROBLEMS WHICH ARE PARTICULAR TO HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, AND WE ARE THUS GRATIFIED THAT A START HAS BEEN MADE IN ATTEMPTING TO ASSESS HOW THIS POWERFUL FORCE IS LIKELY TO AFFECT THESE LIVES.+
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