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Broadcasting Authority meeting
The following is issued on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority:
The Broadcasting Authority (BA) yesterday (Thursday) met separately with representatives of Hong Kong Telecom and Star TV to discuss their future plans.
A spokesman for BA said the Authority kept in constant touch with all parties interested in broadcasting, and the discussions were part of the regular meetings it had with such parties.
BA also considered a number of complaints about radio and television programmes and advertisements.
Both Commercial Radio and Metro Broadcast were given serious warnings for including in programmes indirect advertising material for skin and hair care products marketed by the same person.
The spokesman said advertising material must clearly be identified as such and not hidden within programmes.
In the present cases, the owner of a business had appeared on both radio stations, had taken the opportunity to promote his products and had given the impression that he was offering professional advice, which was not the case.
This was not acceptable to BA, the spokesman added.
Metro Broadcast was further advised to observe the radio programme standards more closely as a result of remarks made to a caller by programme host Ms Pamela Pak.
BA found that Ms Pak's remarks were rude, abusive and inappropriate.
With regard to complaints about television programmes, BA advised ATV to observe its licence requirements more closely after it found that ATV had pre-empted some children's programmes without the prior approval of BA as is required under ATV's licence.
match.
ATV had cut back on the children's programmes in order to broadcast a football
End/Friday, December 9, 1994
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