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Film public advisers come from a diversity of background: business executives, merchants, teachers, social workers and housewives. The ratio of female advisers has been improved from 32 per cent last year to the present 42 per cent.

As the majority of cinema-goers nowadays are young people, TELA also accepts applications by post-secondary students to become advisers. They now comprise 10 per cent of panel members.

Mr Cheung told the gathering that to further broaden the base of panel members, TELA would introduce evening viewing sessions next month so that more people, in particular office workers, could become film advisers.

In addition, TELA would appoint a consultancy firm to conduct a large scale biennial film standards survey in April and May to gauge community standards more accurately. The survey will involve a sample of 600 members of the public.

During the reception, Mr Cheung also presented long service awards to 35 film public advisers who have served between five and nine years with the Panel.

As the Panel is in constant need of new blood, Mr Cheung called on those who are aged 18 or above and understand English and Chinese to apply to TELA to become a film public adviser.

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Gurkhas' to cook up recipe of delights

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles (1RGR), based in Malaya Lines, will take part in the regiment's cooking competition tomorrow (Wednesday).

The "chefs" and their assistants will take to the playing field at Borneo Lines, Sek Kong, and cook up a recipe of delights for the judges, who will include Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Forces, Colonel Howard Bentley-Merchant.

This is the second year 1RGR have organised the competition which is aimed at improving and maintaining the standard of cooking in the soldiers', senior non- commissioned officers' and officers' messes.

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