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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

"PARADOXICALLY, DRAMATIC LICENCE IS STRETCHED BEYOND THE LIMIT OF PROPRIETY IN SCENES BLATANTLY CONTRARY TO PRACTICES AND CONVENTIONS OF DIFFERENT TRADES, INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS IN LIFE," SHE SAID.

REAL

A

THE FINALE OF A RECENT CONTROVERSIAL DRAMA SERIAL DEPICTING COURTROOM SCENE WAS THE SUBJECT OF SERIOUS CRITICISM AND RIDICULE IN BY THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL CIRCLES, BUT WAS AT THE SAME TIME APPLAUDED A GREAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WERE DEEPLY TOUCHED BY ITS REALISM, SHE NOTED.

"WILL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE EVER KNOW THAT WHAT THEY SAW COULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN A COURTROOM IN HONG KONG?" SHE QUESTIONED.

SHE SAID THAT MANY OF COURSE WOULD LOOK TO THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY TO ACT AS THE EFFECTIVE MONITOR.

ALTHOUGH SHE HAD EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE AUTHORITY, SHE MAINTAINED THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEDIA TO SET ITS OWN STANDARDS, AND ANY EXTERNAL REGULATION SHOULD ONLY BE A SAFETY NET.

MEDIA

"I WOULD THEREFORE CALL ON OUR OTHERWISE VERY SUCCESSFUL RECTIFY THIS RATHER UNSATISFACTORY ASPECT UNDER ITS DIRECT CONTROL," SHE SAID.

ΤΟ

TURNING TO THE PROPOSED COMMISSION ON YOUTH, MRS CHOW SAID

ΤΟ SUCH A BODY WAS OF COURSE QUITE NECESSARY

SPEARHEAD THOUGHT AND ACTION RELATED TO THE FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A YOUTH POLICY.

SHE WAS HOWEVER CONCERNED THAT LITTLE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDE.

LEADERSHIP

EMPHASIS WAS GIVEN TO AND COMMITMENT THIS COMMISSION MUST

SHE ADDED THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY AREAS IN YOUTH POLICY MUST BE TO FIND A WAY TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT SO

AND WHAT TO THINK BUT HOW TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES KNOWLEDGEABLE, OBJECTIVE, LOGICAL AND RATIONAL.

THE

MUCH

OTHERS, BY

BEING

YOUTHS WITH LEADERSHIP QUALITIES MUST BE RECOGNISED FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF TRAINING AND EXPOSURE.

AND

GIVEN

"AFTER ALL, THEY, NOT WE, WILL BE THE PILLARS OF WHICH NEEDS TO BE EVEN MORE SELF-RELIANT THAN TODAY,

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A HONG SHE SAID.

KONG

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