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UNRESTRICTED DISCRETIONARY PLACES MAKE UP 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN EACH SCHOOL. THEY WILL BE FILLED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL AND ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO CHILDREN LIVING IN THE DISTRICT.

RESTRICTED DISCRETIONARY PLACES MAKE UP 30 PER CENT OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES IN EACH SCHOOL. THEY WILL ALSO BE FILLED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL BUT ARE RESTRICTED TO CHILDREN LIVING IN THE DISTRICT, MR LI SAID.

TV HOME VIEWING GROUPS TO BE SET UP

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EIGHTEEN DISTRICT TELEVISION HOME VIEWING GROUPS WILL BE SET UP IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES BY THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY.

THE FIRST THREE GROUPS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN EASTERN,

MONG KOK AND TSUEN WAN BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, MR NIGEL WATT, TELEVISION AUTHORITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD, SAID THAT THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THESE GROUPS WILL BE TO HELP THE BOARD KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS TELEVISION PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS,

EACH DISTRICT HOME VIEWING GROUP WILL CONSIST OF ABOUT 20 MEMBERS, SELECTED FROM VARYING AGE AND INCOME BRACKETS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES.

GROUP MEMBERS WILL SERVE INITIALLY FOR ONE YEAR ON

A VOLUNTARY BASIS, AND WILL BE ASKED TO COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRES IN A DAILY-DIARY FORM OVER A SET PERIOD OF TIME, REFLECTING THE IR VIEWS ON PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS.

TO CO-ORDINATE THE SCHEME, THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD (UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5(4) OF THE TELEVISION ORDINANCE) WILL APPOINT THREE TELEVISION ADVISORY PANELS, ONE EACH FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THESE ADVISORY PANELS, DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A LINK BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE HOME VIEWING GROUPS, WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOME VIEWING GROUPS AND CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN THE IR MEMBERSHIP AND WILL BE CHAIRED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD.