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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988

IN RELATION TO CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMES THE LICENSEE COMPANIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO BROADCAST A BLOCK OF SUCH PROGRAMMES FOR AT LEAST ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS DAILY ON EACH LANGUAGE SERVICE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 7 PM. ON THE CHINESE SERVICE, AT LEAST 30 MINUTES DAILY SHOULD BE LOCALLY PRODUCED AND ON THE ENGLISH SERVICE, THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO HALF-HOUR LOCALLY-PRODUCED PROGRAMMES PER WEEK.

A MINIMUM OF 60 MINUTES OF DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMES

OF WHICH AT LEAST 30 MINUTES MUST BE MADE LOCALLY TOGETHER WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO HALF-HOUR CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES ARE TO BE BROADCAST ON EACH SERVICE WEEKLY.

THE NEW LICENCE CONDITIONS STIPULATE THAT THE STATIONS WOULD BROADCAST PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS AS REQUIRED BY THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, AND SUCH BROADCASTS SHOULD NOT EXCEED FOUR HOURS A DAY UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THE AUTHORITY.

THE BROADCAST MAY BE PART OF AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICE UNLESS DIRECTED BY THE AUTHORITY TO THE CONTRARY.

UNSUITABLE

FAMILY VIEWING HOURS HAVE BERN DECLARED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8.30 PM DAILY DURING WHICH NO PROGRAMMES OR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR CHILDREN WILL BE BROADCAST.

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ALSO ENDORSED PROHIBITING LIQUOR ADVERTISING BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8.30 ADVERTISING BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10.30 PM.

RECOMMENDATIONS

PM AND TOBACCO

THE TOBACCO ADVERTISING BAN HAS BREN MOVED FORWARD HALF AN HOUR TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY VIEWING TIME STARTING AT 4 PM.

OTHER ADVERTISING RECOMMENDATIONS ENABLE A LICENSEE COMPANY ΤΟ BROADCAST CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS, TO INTRODUCE TELOPING (THE CARRIAGE OF WRITTEN MESSAGES SIMILAR TO SUBTITLES

IN FILMS) AND ΤΟ ACCEPT SPONSORSHIP OF NEWS PROGRAMMES SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY.

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