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A spokesman for TELA said this was an area where parents must pay attention and give their children guidance. He added that the Authority would step up publicity on the film classification system so as to increase community awareness.

Since the coming into effect of the amended Film Censorship Ordinance in November last year, Category III film titles and advertising materials also require censorship. The survey revealed that the great majority of TELA's censorship decisions on these items were accepted as appropriate.

Of the 10 film titles shown in the survey, the respondents considered TELA's decisions appropriate in eight cases, strict in one and lenient in another. And on the 10 Category III film posters shown to them, they regarded TELA's decisions in five cases as appropriate, three as strict and two as lenient.

During the survey, 140 of TELA's film censorship public advisers were also interviewed as a separate group. The results showed that on the whole, their views were in line with those of the general public respondents.

TELA conducts a public opinion survey once every two years to gauge the community's views so as to ensure that the film classification system and the censorship standards can be kept in line with the expectation of the community.

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Appointments to the Hong Kong Examinations Authority

The Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, has appointed Mr Joseph Chow Ming-kuen to succeed Mr Kenneth H Fang as Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations Authority (HKEA) for three years starting August 1.

Dr Tam Man-kwan has been re-appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Authority for two years with effect from the same date.

Mr Chow is currently the Vice-chairman of the Engineers Registration Board and a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. He is also the Managing Director of JMK Consulting Engineers.

Dr Tam has been serving as a member of HKEA since 1980 and is the Principal of Pak Kau English School.