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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1987

"TO ENSURE THAT VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE

AUTHORITY, THE REPRESENTED ON

NINE NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE

INCLUDING "THEY BRING WITH THEM EXPERIENCE FROM DIVERSE FIELDS

COMMUNITY WORK AND BDUCATION, CULTURE AND ARTS, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, CONSUMER PROTECTION, HE SAID.

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IN

MR TSAO SAID THAT FURTHER TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

LOCAL TELEVISION INDUSTRY, THE THE REGULATION OF THE

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY WAS REQUIRED BY THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE TO SET UP A COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE.

WHERE

UP OF AT LEAST FIVE THE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE WOULD BE MADE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY AND MIGHT CO-OPT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NECESSARY TO ASSIST IN THE DISCHARGE OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.

IS

LICENSEE

"ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FINDS THAT A TELEVISION

CONTRAVENTION OF THE

THE CODES OF IN

ORDINANCE, TELEVISION

LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH PRACTICE, OR CONDITIONS IN ITS LICENCE, CAN THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY.

REFER

THE

THE COMPLAINT

"THE AUTHORITY WILL HAVE TO COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION UNLESS AUTHORITY TO BE FRIVOLOUS,' MR TSAO SAID.

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MR TSAO ADDED THAT UNLIKE OTHER INDUSTRIES IN TELEVISION INDUSTRY WAS A TIGHTLY REGULATED TRADE.

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THE COMPLAINT IS FOUND BY THE

IMPOSED

HONG KONG, THE

FIRST BECAUSE IT GOES OUT TO MILLIONS OF

"THESE SEVERE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN TELEVISION IS A VERY POWERFUL MEDIUM. VIEWERS AND IT COMES RIGHT INTO YOUR HOMES.

DESPITE "SECONDLY,

1TS

THE CHARACTERISTICS, COSMOPOLITAN

ONE. IT FOLLOWS CONFORM TO ACCEPTABLE

AS

SOCIETY OF HONG KONG IS STILL A RATHER CONSERVATIVE THAT PEOPLE OF HONG KONG EXPECT TELEVISION PROGRAMMES WHAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG PERCEIVE NORMS.

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"THESE CONTROLS, STRINGENT THOUGH MEET THAT EXPECTATION, HE SAID.

THEY ARE, ARE

IMPOSED TO

"

LICENCE OF 1989, THE

TIME IN

ON RADIO BROADCASTING, MR TSAO SAID THAT SINCE THE

UNTIL AUGUST COMMERCIAL RADIO HONG KONG WOULD NOT EXPIRE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT NEED TO CONSIDER ITS RENEWAL · UNTIL SOME 1988.

FORWARD LOOKING

OF IMPORTANT

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SCOPE

FOR AN

INTERESTING то RADIO THREE SPARK AM RADIO COMMERCIAL

AM

AN EQUALLY "HOWEVER, I DISCUSSION ON A NUMBER

QUESTIONS RELATED BROADCASTING. FOR INSTANCE, GIVEN THAT WE STILL HAVE FREQUENCIES, STATION AND GIVE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG A WIDER CHOICE?"

IS

THERE

ADDITIONAL

THE TO TELEVISION,

BROADCASTING

"IN DUE COURSE, IN ADDITION

CONSIDER THIS AND MANY AUTHORITY CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE INVITED TO OTHER INTERESTING QUESTIONS ON RADIO BROADCASTING," HE SAID.

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