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the appointment of co-opted members.
Through this channel of consultation, the necessary expertise and technical input of the industry can be judiciously exploited, without having to run the risk of evoking a conflict of roles in a full member.
The provision of a Complaints Committee under the Authority is a much more desirable option than a complaints Tribunal as recommended in the Broadcasting Review Board Report. I recall that at the adjournment debate held in this Council in March 1986, some Members expressed the wish that the redress of public grievances and dissatisfaction in respect of television programmes and advertising should be dealt with in accordance with the normal procedures of our existing judiciary system.
As a means of stepping up the monitoring of television broadcasting, the public must be made aware of their entitlement to make complaints. To this end, the Broadcasting Authority should make it a condition of licence for the television licensees to broadcast such announcements from time
to time. In addition, the Complaints Committee should be advised to attend to complaints as speedily as administratively
the possible, say within a period of 30 days after receipt of the complaints, in order to sustain the confidence of the public in the Complaints Committee.
Sir, with these remarks, I have much pleasure in supporting the Broadcasting Authority Bill 1987.
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