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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994

IT CONSIDERED THAT THE GRATUITOUS USE OF SUCH LANGUAGE HAD GONE BEYOND THAT NECESSARY FOR DRAMATIC CONTENT AND CHARACTERISATION.

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THE AUTHORITY ALSO IMPOSED A FINANCIAL PENALTY OF $10,000 ATV FOR THE INCLUSION OF A CIGARETTE LOGO IN AN ADVERTISEMENT SPORTS EVENT.

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MEMBERS CONSIDERED THAT A LOGO "SALEM WORLD OF TENNIS IMPOSED ON THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PROGRAMME "SALEM ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS", RESEMBLED THE LOGO OF SALEM CIGARETTES,

THEREFORE, IT WAS A SERIOUS BREACH OF THE TELEVISION CODE OF PRACTICE ON ADVERTISING STANDARDS GOVERNING THE ADVERTISING OF EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH TOBACCO SPONSORS.

THE AUTHORITY ALSO CONSIDERED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT A PROGRAMME BROADCAST ON THE CABLE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL OF WHARF CABLE.

MEMBERS AGREED WITH THE COMPLAINANTS THAT SOME VIOLENT SCENES WITHIN THE PROGRAMME "ANGEL OF VENGEANCE" WERE UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN'S VIEWING AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED AS SUCH.

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BEARING IN MIND THIS WAS WHARF'S FIRST BREACH OF PROGRAMMING CODE, MEMBERS STRONGLY ADVISED THE LICENSEE MORE CLOSELY THE CODES OF PRACTICE.

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PRELIMINARY DERAILMENT REPORT RECEIVED

THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION (MTRC) HAD SUBMITTED ITS PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY REPORT ON THE DERAILMENT INCIDENT TO THE HK RAILWAY INSPECTORATE THAT A COPY HAD BEEN HANDED TO THE TRANSPORT BRANCH.

AND

THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR HAIDER BARMA, SAID HE HAD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER OF RAILWAYS (CIO(R)) WHO HAD CONFIRMED THAT BASED ON FACTS AVAILABLE AND HIS OWN INDEPENDENT STUDY, HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN THE REPORT AND THE PROMPT ACTION TAKEN BY THE MTRC TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF ITS ROLLING STOCK.

MR BARMA REMARKED THAT "THE MTRC HAS ACTED VERY RESPONSIBLY BY INCLUDING THE CHECKS ON THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IN THEIR DAILY INSPECTION OF ALL TRAIN CARS BEFORE THEY ARE PUT INTO SERVICE AND BY SWIFTLY COMMENCING A PROCESS TO MODIFY THE EMERGENCY SPRING SYSTEM, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT, IN ALL TRAILER CARS."

"I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CORPORATION HAS INVOLVED THE GERMAN SUPPLIER OF THE TRAIN BOGIE, THE BRITISH RAJL RESEARCH AND OTHER INDEPENDENT SPECIALIST AGENCIES IN THEIR INVESTIGATION.

"THEY HAVE ALSO

DEMONSTRATED

THAT THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE BY GIVING PROMPT BRIEFINGS TO THE LEGCO TRANSPORT PANEL, THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PRESS.

"THIS CLEARLY INDICATES THAT AS A PUBLIC CORPORATION, THEY HAVE RESPONDED RESPONSIBLY.

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