VIDEO games featuring sex, excessive violence or gambling will be banned from amusement centres under a proposed law change.
The Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) disclosed the proposal at yesterday's Amusement Game Centres Bill committee meeting in which legislators agreed to use age 16 as the dividing line between centres for adults and children.
TELA said games with graphic scenes of violence, nudity or where ''seductive'' gestures were used should not be allowed.
Also prohibited would be card games such as blackjack or poker or games of pure chance with little or no skill.
TELA commissioner, Lau Ng Wai-lan, said mahjong would be allowed because it was widely accepted as a social activity.
Games posing potential safety hazards to players such as Arm Champs II and Sonic Blastman would also be banned, she said.