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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1993

IT HAS GIVEN GENERAL APPROVAL FOR THE BROADCAST OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES ON THE ENGLISH SERVICES PROVIDING AT LEAST 80 PER CENT OF ALL PROGRAMMES BROADCAST, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED AMOUNTS OF CHILDREN'S AND NEWS PROGRAMMES AND ALL PRIME TIME PROGRAMMES, REMAIN IN ENGLISH.

ON ADVERTISING, LICENSEES HAVE BEEN GIVEN GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN SCHEDULING ADVERTISEMENTS IN CERTAIN PROGRAMMES.

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ARE NOW ALLOWED ΤΟ CARRY A GREATER VARIETY OF ADVERTISING, INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES · PROPERTY. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

WHILST SOME OF THESE ADVERTISEMENTS ARE STILL SUBJECT то CERTAIN SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS, AND THE TOTAL TIME ALLOWED FOR ADVERTISING IS STILL LIMITED, THE OVERALL EFFECT IS ONE OF LESS REGULATION AND MORE FREEDOM FOR THE BROADCASTERS AND ADVERTISERS.

HOWEVER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BA STRESSED THAT THE INTERESTS THE VIEWERS REMAIN UPPERMOST IN THE MIND OF THE BA.

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HE SAID THESE RELAXATIONS, WHICH HAVE TAKEN EFFECT OVER LAST FEW MONTHS, WOULD NOT LEAD TO A DETERIORATION IN BROADCASTING STANDARDS.

THE BA'S CODES OF PRACTICE REMAINED COMPREHENSIVE AND STRICT, AND THE BA WOULD CONTINUE то REVIEW THE CODES IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE.

ON THE GROUNDS OF EQUITY

AMONG ALL HONG KONG BROADCASTERS, ARE BEING EXTENDED ΤΟ RADIO

THESE RELAXATIONS, WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND SATELLITE TELEVISION AS WELL.

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LAN KWAI FONG INQUIRY INTERIM REPORT BEING PREPARED

MR JUSTICE BOKHARY'S INTERIM REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR ON THE LAN KWAI FONG TRAGEDY IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WRITTEN.

IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR DURING THE COMING WEEKEND OR FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING.

EVERYTHING WHICH THE JUDGE HAS TO SAY AT THIS STAGE WILL BE SAID IN HIS REPORT, WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAS ALREADY SAID WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.

THEREFORE, THE JUDGE DOES NOT PROPOSE TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT, AND WILL ALLOW HIS REPORT TO SPEAK FOR AIM, WHICH HE CONSIDERS THE ONLY PROPER COURSE.

AS HE HAS RECEIVED SO MUCH CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC SO FAR, FOR WHICH HE THANKS THEM, HE HOPES AND TRUSTS THAT THEY WILL UNDERSTAND THE COURSE WHICH HE NOW TAKES THE ONLY ONE WHICH HE CONSIDERS PROPER.

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