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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988

OTHER MATTERS DISCUSSED INCLUDED THE

FUTURE RELATIONSHIP OF GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) AND THE POSSIBLE USE OF CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE DELIVERY OF COURSES.

THE OLI WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC

MR CHENG SAID THE TWO-DAY MEETING HAD BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL.

"AN EXCELLENT START HAS BEEN MADE, AUGURING WELL FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK WITHIN THE 1989 SAID.

TIMETABLE,"

HE

VISITING THE

TO FAMILIARISE INSTITUTIONS

MEMBERS WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS AND THE BAPTIST COLLEGE THEMSELVES WITH THE EXTRA-MURAL COURSES OFFERED BY THESE AND WITH LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY,

THE NEXT FULL MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD IN LATE APRIL, BY WHICH TIME THE WORK OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL ADVANCED.

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY'S COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE

RECEIVES 150 SUBMISSIONS

THE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED 150 INDIVIDUAL AND JOINT SUBMISSIONS FROM OVER 3,300 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE IS THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH TELEVISION VIEWERS

MAY WHO ARE DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY SEE ON TELEVISION

AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES TO THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

DEALT

OF THE 150 SUBMISSIONS, 134 CASES WERE COMPLAINTS AND WERE WITH BY THE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ORDINANCE 1987.

THE REMAINING 16 SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED BY THE AUTHORITY WERE EITHER IN RESPECT OF MATTERS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY OR PERSONAL OPINIONS.

OF

QUALITY AND OF THE 134 COMPLAINTS, 115 WERE IN RESPECT OF THE STANDARDS OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, 14 IN RESPECT OF THE STANDARDS TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS, AND FIVE IN RESPECT OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS

OF TELEVISION.

OF

THE COMMITTEE NOTED WITH CONCERN THAT A SIGNIFICANT THE COMPLAINTS ON THE QUALITY AND STANDARDS OF PROGRAMMES WERE IN RESPECT OF THE GRATUITOUS AND EXCESSIVE OF VIOLENCE ON LOCALLY PRODUCED TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES.

PROPORT LON TELEVISION PORTRAYAL

/IN CONSIDERING