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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1993

EFFICIENT SERVICE PROMISED IN FILM CLASSIFICATION

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PROMISED EFFICIENT, COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IN FILM CLASSIFICATION BY THE TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING AUTHORITY (TELA).

TELA TODAY (SATURDAY) PUBLISHED ITS PERFORMANCE PLEDGE ON FILM CLASSIFICATION WITH THE TARGET TO SERVE THE ENTERTAINMENT INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

A FILM VIEWING SESSION IN RESPECT OF A FILM SUBMITTED FOR CLASSIFICATION WILL BE ASSIGNED WITHIN TWO WEEKS FROM THE DATE OF NOTICE OF SUBMISSION.

A DECISION ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF A FILM WILL BE GIVEN WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE ASSIGNED DATE OF VIEWING SESSION.

A DECISION ON THE EXEMPTION OF A FILM FROM CLASSIFICATION WILL BE GIVEN WITHIN FOUR WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF A SUBMISSION.

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"THIS IS MUCH SHORTER THAN THE STATUTORY LIMITS OF 21 DAYS SEVEN DAYS RESPECTIVELY STIPULATED IN THE FILM CENSORSHIP ORDINANCE AND THE AIM IS TO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE FILM INDUSTRY, A SPOKEMSAN FOR TELA SAID.

MOREOVER, ENQUIRIES WILL BE DEALT WITH EFFICIENTLY AND AN INTERIM REPLY WILL BE GIVEN IF A SUBSTANTIVE REPLY CANNOT BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY.

TO TIE IN WITH THIS PERFORMANCE PLEDGE, A TOTAL OF 5,000 COPIES OF A LEAFLET IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE HAD BEEN PREPARED TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE FILM INDUSTRY TO KNOW WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN FILM CLASSIFICATION, THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS STIPULATED, AND THE PROPER CHANNELS TO WHICH COMPLAINTS AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED IN CASE OF THE STANDARDS NOT BEING MET.

"COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE WAY IN WHICH THE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED AND HOW THEY CAN BE FURTHER IMPROVED ARE WELCOME, THE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

PLEDGE IS ΤΟ IMPROVE THE SERVICES AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL AS BY

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR DELIVERED BY ENHANCING OPENNESS DEVELOPING A CLIENT-BASED CULTURE,

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"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLEDGE WILL BE MONITORED INTERNALLY. FEEDBACK WILL ALSO BE COLLECTED FROM THE FILM INDUSTRY THROUGH REGULAR LIAISON WITH THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, THE HK THEATRES ASSOCIATION AND THE DIRECTORS GUILD," HE ADDED.

LAST YEAR, TELA EXAMINED ABOUT 1,200 FILMS UNDER THE THREE-TIER FILM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

COPIES OF THE LEAFLET CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF AT 5 GLOUCESTER ROAD, REVENUE TOWER, 39TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI.

TELA

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