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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1992

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BA ANNUAL REPORT TABLED IN LEGCO

THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY HAD PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY BROADCASTING SERVICES FOR THE HONG KONG AUDIENCE, THE SECRETARY RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF FOR

BEEN

PRESENTING THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT (1990-91) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR SO SAID THE YEAR UNDER REPORT HAD A SIGNIFICANT ONE IN BROADCASTING DEVELOPMENT AND A PRODUCTIVE FOR THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY.

YEAR

UNDER THE REPORT PERIOD, THE PUBLIC HAD WITNESSED THE LAUNCHING OF A HONG KONG-BASED PAN-ASIAN SATELLITE TELEVISION SERVICE, THE BIRTH OF A SECOND LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND TELEVISION BROADCAST SYSTEM, COMMONLY KNOWN AS NICAM, MR SO SAID.

HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN BOTH REGULATING THE FAST DEVELOPING BROADCASTING INDUSTRY AND IN ADVISING THE ADMINISTRATION IN FRAMING ITS BROADCASTING POLICY TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY.

MR SO SAID TO MONITOR THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY LOCAL BROADCASTERS, THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY HAD SET UP A COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER COMPLAINTS ON TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMES, ADVERTISEMENTS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES.

AND

DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REPORT, THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ITS COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 570 COMPLAINTS, 561 OF WHICH WERE RELATED TO TELEVISION BROADCAST AND 9 WERE ABOUT RADIO BROADCAST.

THIS COMPARES WITH 433 COMPLAINTS RECEIVED IN 1987/88, 611 IN 1988/89 AND 276 IN 1989/90.

THE

OF FIVE THE TWO

THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, HAVING CONSIDERED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE, ISSUED A TOTAL SERIOUS WARNINGS, 13 WARNINGS AND 31 ADVISORY LETTERS ΤΟ WIRELESS TELEVISION STATIONS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE WARNING CASES WERE RELATED CONTRAVENTION OF THE PROVISIONS IN THE CODE OF PRACTICE ON STANDARDS GOVERNING THE PORTRAYAL OF VIOLENCE AND THE USE OF

ON TELEVISION.

THE

TO PROGRAMME LANGUAGE

AS REGARDS RADIO BROADCAST, ONE SERIOUS WARNING AND TWO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF CONTRAVENTION OF THE CODES OF PRACTICE ON PROGRAMME AND ADVERTISING STANDARDS RELATING TO THE USE OF LANGUAGE AND MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENT.

"GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE STATIONS' RESPONSE ΤΟ THE BA'S WARNINGS AND ADVICE DISPLAYED A RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE, MR SO SAID.

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