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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989
FILM CENSORSHIP VIEWING FREQUENCY APPROPRIATE
THE EXISTING FREQUENCY OF VIEWING BY ADVISERS TO THE FILM CENSORS SHOULD ENABLE THEM TO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY IN THE SUBSTANCE OF THEIR ADVICE, THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDENSDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID CHEUNG, MR TSAO SAID SO FAR THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE ΤΟ SUGGEST THAT THE SENSITIVITIES OF THE ADVISERS HAD BEEN AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY THE EXISTING FREQUENCY OF FILM CENSORSHIP VIEWING.
"THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING IS EMPOWERED UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE 1988 ΤΟ APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE PANEL OF ADVISERS.
"ADVISERS ARE ASSIGNED FROM THE PANEL TO GIVE ADVICE ΤΟ THE CENSOR ON A SPECIFIC FILM BY COMPLETING A QUESTIONNAIRE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE DISCUSSING IT WITH THE CENSORS.
"THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED TO THE PANEL IS
NOT SPECIFIED IN THE LAW," MR TSAO SAID.
A TOTAL OF 136 PERSONS FROM A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE PANEL FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR EFFECTIVE FROM NOVEMBER 10, 1988.
AN AVERAGE OF FOUR TO FIVE ADVISERS ARE ASSIGNED FROM THE PANEL TO ADVISE ON A FILM AT EACH VIEWING SESSION.
MR TSAO ALSO SAID THAT EACH ADVISER WAS NORMALLY REQUIRED TO ATTEND A FILM VIEWING SESSION ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.
"IT IS OF COURSE ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMISSIONER ΤΟ APPOINT MORE ADVISERS TO THE PANEL BUT SUCH ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT SHOULD NOT BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF VIEWING BY THE ADVISERS BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNING MORE ADVISERS TO GIVE ADVICE ON EACH FILM.
"IN THIS CONNECTION, THE COMMISSIONER IS REGULARLY THE NEED TO APPOINT MORE ADVISERS TO THE PANEL.
"THERE IS THEREFORE NO REASON WHY THE EXISTING VIEWING BY THEM SHOULD BE CHANGED, MR TSAO ADDED.
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