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DHA and DB members to visit Macau

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The Director of Home Affairs, Mrs Shelley Lau, together with the chairmen or representatives of the 18 district boards, will pay a one-day visit to Macau tomorrow (Wednesday).

They will be briefed by local officials on the public administration in Macau before meeting the Secretary for Public Administration, Education and Youth Affairs, Mr Jorge Rangel.

The delegation will also visit the Macau Airport, the municipal council, a community complex and a new incinerator in Taipa.

The team, expected to return tomorrow night, will also be accompanied by the Deputy Director of Home Affairs, Mr Lee Lap-sun, and three District Officers from the Central and Western, Islands and Yau Tsim Mong districts.

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Film public advisers' decision in line with censors

Hong Kong's film classification system had been working well and its censorship standards were in line with those generally accepted by the community, the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing, Mr P T Cheung, said.

A key factor in this was the contribution made by some 280 members of the public serving on the Panel of Advisers (Film Censorship), he added.

Speaking at the spring reception he hosted for the advisers today (Tuesday), Mr Cheung noted that they viewed films together with censors in the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) and played an active part in the classification of films.

"As reflected by the statistics in the fourth quarter of last year, in 92 per cent of the cases, the censor's decisions are in line with advice given by the public advisers.

"In six per cent of the cases, the censor's decisions are more stringent while in the remaining two per cent, the censor's decisions are more lenient," he said.