Call to form single film censor system

OBSCENE publicity material for Category III films should be censored by the same body, an adjudicator for the Obscene Articles Tribunal said yesterday.

Mervyn Cheung Man-ping called for a review of the rationale behind the two censoring systems.

Obscene materials are handled by the tribunal, while films are covered by the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA).

Mr Cheung proposed a single system to adjudicate on publicity materials and films.

This would avoid the loopholes in the system which made it difficult for prosecutors to decide who was responsible for offences, he said.

He said film-makers were producing publicity material more obscene than the film to attract viewers.