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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1987

SOME RESPONDENTS BELIEVED THAT CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES SHOULD INCLUDE MORE QUIZ AND CONTEST, COACHING ON SCHOOL WORK, AND NEWS RELATED TO CHILDREN/YOUTH, WHEREAS ROBOT CARTOONS SHOULD BE DECREASED.

THE MAJORITY FOUND THE TIME SLOT AND DURATION OF FAMILY VIEWING

HOURS ACCEPTABLE.

IT APPEARED THAT, ON THE WHOLE, THE RESPONDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH THE QUANTITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES. HOWEVER, MORE BROADCAST OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES, NEWS, DRAMA SERIES, FEATURED FILMS AND TV PLAYS WAS DESIRED BY NEARLY HALF OF RESPONDENTS.

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THE WOMEN MAGAZINE

A MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS WOULD LIKE QUANTITY OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES, YOUTH PROGRAMMES, PROGRAMMES AND ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMES BE KEPT AT THE PRESENT LEVEL.

A MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES A "MUST".

THE DURATION OF NEWS BULLETIN AND THE TIME SLOT IN WHICH IT IS BROADCAST WERE CONSIDERED ABOUT RIGHT. ON AVERAGE, THE RESPONDENTS WANTED TO HAVE 2.6 NEWS BULLETINS BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

DRAMA SERIES WERE VERY POPULAR, WATCHED BY 94 PER CENT

OF THE RESPONDENTS IN THE TWO WEEKS DURING WHICH THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED.

MORE COMEDY, HEART-WARMING AND UPLIFTING TYPES OF DRAMA SERIES WERE WELCOME, BUT LESS OF HORROR STORIES OR STORIES ON UNDERWORLD RIVALRY WAS PREFERRED.

THEMES LIKE TRIAD ACTIVITIES, GLORIFICATION OF GANG HEROES, ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, 'GO-AND-DO-IT’ ATTITUDE, AND VOODOOISM WERE CONSIDERED 'NOT ACCEPTABLE' BY ABOUT HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS, AND MOST DID NOT ACCEPT ABNORMAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, PROMISCUITY, PARENTS KILLING /ABUSING OWN CHILDREN, PERVERTED BEHAVIOUR, AND DISTORTION OF HISTORY/HISTORICAL FIGURES AS THEMES OF DRAMA SERIES.

THE RESPONDENTS WERE FAIRLY SATISFIED WITH PROGRAMMES PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, AND OVER 85 PER CENT OF THEM HAD WATCHED POPULAR PROGRAMMES LIKE 'COMMON SENSE', 'POLICË REPORT' AND 'ACCESS' DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD.

GENERALLY, THE RESPONDENTS DID NOT ACCEPT THE USE LANGUAGE, TRIAD LANGUAGE, DIALOGUES WITH SEXUAL INNUENDO, AND

ON TELEVISION.

WHILE,

OF FOUL CURSING

MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS FOUND THE CENSORSHIP STANDARDS APPLIED TO SEX, NUDITY AND VIOLENCE ACCEPTABLE.

IN GENERAL, RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED THAT THE PRESENT CENSORSHIP STANDARDS WERE APPROPRIATELY APPLIED, THEY FELT THAT THE CENSORSHIP STANDARDS IN RESPECT OF PROGRAMMES BROADCAST AFTER 11.30 PM COULD BE RELAXED.

/AS REGARDS