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Television and Radio Consultative Scheme

The role of the Television and Radio Consultative Scheme is to provide qualitative input in the Authority's public consultation process. Members are appointed from across the territory's 18 geographical districts and they meet regularly in the form of focus groups to discuss topical subjects relating to broadcasting standards. Their views help to supplement the quantitative findings obtained from the Broadcasting Services Survey. During the reporting period, a total of 23 focus group meetings were organised. Members' views were sought on the lifting of the restriction on start-times and under-runs on television programmes; conditions for broadcast of in-programme promotions within television programmes; the extension of the accuracy requirement to selected programmes other than news or factual programmes dealing with public policy or controversial issues of public importance in Hong Kong; the extension of the requirement for impartiality in factual programmes dealing with public policy or controversial issues of public importance in Hong Kong to segments of factual programmes dealing with similar matters; and a proposition to regulate harmful stereotyping in television and radio programmes. The views collected would also form parts of the consultation process of the Authority in its regular review and revision of the Codes of Practice.

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