Obscene Articles Tribunal

19 Apr 2012

What?

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17 Apr 2012

The government is floating the idea of stripping the Obscene Articles Tribunal of its duty of classifying publications, as it seeks opinions on how to revamp the system.

It is also...

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Moral guardians without a reliable compass ...

9 May 2010

People have different moral values which can evolve over time. This makes it difficult to reach a consensus on what constitutes public decency. So it is not surprising that the first stage of a...

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... expose city to ridicule for a nervousness about nudes

9 May 2010

A police visit has turned a sedate art exhibition into the talk of the town. Jonathan Thomson - whose artworks featuring nude females have attracted the force's interest because of a single...

8:38AM

Creation of Chrissie Chau is a model of marketing excellence

8 Aug 2009

If the recently established CreateHK has some sort of award for outstanding creative business in town, those behind the creation of so-called pseudo-model Chrissie Chau should be among the...

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Tribunal's arbitrariness makes an ass of us all

1 Nov 2008

The decision by the publisher of the Chinese-language edition of National Geographic to sell its latest edition in a transparent plastic packet with a warning about explicit content looks like...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

7:12AM

Arbiters of decency must be representative

How we determine what constitutes public indecency or obscenity should reflect the prevailing views of society while not unduly restricting freedom of expression. Recent events that outraged...

8:21AM

Obscenity watchdog criticised over student newspaper ruling

The obscenity watchdog came under fire yesterday, with barristers accusing it of failing to explain why a series of sex articles in a student newspaper was ruled indecent last year.

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Tribunal assessors call for reform

Better classification system on obscene material is needed: adjudicators

Adjudicators of the Obscene Articles Tribunal have called for reforms to the classification mechanism after...

8:07PM

Magazine denied obscenity appeal over photos of 'kidnapped actress'

A magazine that published semi-nude photographs of an apparently kidnapped actress has failed in its attempt to appeal against the classification of that issue as obscene.

4:43PM

Review of what is obscene to be speeded up

Public confused, official admits

The government will move quickly to carry out a planned review of the classification mechanism for obscene and indecent articles after an official...

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Arbiter of decency has to reflect public's tastes

The Obscene Articles Tribunal is ostensibly our gatekeeper of decency. Unfortunately, its rulings frequently provoke public mockery or outrage. For a classification system to be credible, it must...

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