Entertainment
Licensing
Amusement Game Centres Licence
- What are the criteria
for granting an Amusement Game Centres Licence (AGCL)?
- Can a body corporate
or a partnership hold an AGCL?
Trade Promotion Competition Licence
- What is a Trade Promotion
Competition Licence (TPCL)?
- How many TPCLs are
required for an organization to conduct daily draws
for an event covering a period, say a whole month?
Lottery Licence
- If an organization
employs part-time workers to help sell lottery tickets
in public streets, will their salaries be counted
as part of the "expenses" of the lottery
activity as stated in the Application Form?
Amusement with Prizes Licence
- Under what circumstances
will an Amusement With Prizes Licence (AWPL) be
required?
Registration
of Newspapers/Periodicals
- What kinds of newspapers/periodicals are required to be registered?
- What is the fee for registration of a newspaper/periodical?
- Are books required to be registered?
- Is it necessary to apply for a licence for distribution of newspapers/periodicals in Hong Kong?
- Are bulletins regarded as newspapers/periodicals?
- Are newspapers/periodicals required to be examined by the Government before sale?
- How to obtain the particulars of registered local newspapers/periodicals?
Legal Requirements
for Publications
- Are newspapers,
magazines and VCDs required to be submitted to the
Government for prior examination before being sold
in the market?
- Is there any difference
in legal requirement for publishing articles on
the Internet and on other paper-based publications?
Film
Classification
- The classification
system indicates the suitability of films for different
age groups. Is it mandatory or advisory in nature?
- Do film trailers
need to be examined before public exhibition?
- What are the classification
standards for language used in a film?
- Is the depiction
of nudity only allowed in Category III films?
- Are standards for
television programmes similar to film classification
standards?
Broadcasting
Regulation
- Does the government
pre-censor any programmes or advertisements broadcast
on television?
- What is the relationship
between BA and TELA?
- Is there any restriction
on the broadcast of liquor advertisements on radio
and television?
- How is radio and
television regulated?
- How are the codes
of practice drawn up?
- How does the Broadcasting
Authority (BA) ensure that its codes of practice
are in line with the community attitudes and standards?
- Who needs a broadcasting
licence?
- What is a broadcasting
service?
- Who is the authority
for the granting of a broadcasting licence?
- How can one apply
for a broadcasting licence?
- How does a member of the public lodge a complaint to the Broadcasting Authority ("BA")?
- What kind of information should be given when lodging a complaint?
- How will a complaint be handled?
- What action will be taken against the broadcaster concerned if a complaint is considered as substantiated by the Broadcasting Authority ("BA")?
- What action will be taken on cases which are unsubstantiated?
- How long will it take a member of the public to have a decision on his/her complaint about broadcasting matters?
- Is there any appeal channel if a complainant is not satisfied with the decision of the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing on his complaint?
Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance
- What articles are subject to regulation by the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance ("COIAO")?
- Does the COIAO apply to articles on the Internet?
- What are the definitions of "obscenity" and "indecency"?
- What is the definition of "publish"?
- Who is responsible for classifying articles and what are the classifications?
- What criteria does the OAT adopt in making the classification of articles?
- What are the restrictions on the publication of indecent articles under the COIAO? What are the penalties?
- What are the restrictions on the publication of obscene articles under the COIAO? What are the penalties?
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