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Communications Authority Formed 1 April 2012 Preceding agencies
Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority
Telecommunications Authority
Type Statutory body Jurisdiction Hong Kong Headquarters Wu Chung House , 213 Queen's Road East , Wan Chai Minister responsible
Winnie TAM Wan-chi, SC, Chairman
Deputy Minister responsible
Eliza LEE Man-ching Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Creative Industries)
Key document
Communications Authority Ordinance (Cap. 616)
Website coms-auth.hk
The Communications Authority is a statutory body responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in Hong Kong . It was formed in 2012 through a merger of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority , Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority , and the Telecommunications Authority . The organisation is authorized to investigate complaints made regarding programmes, issue warnings and fines, or even suspend the license of the radio or television station.
The authority enforces the Broadcasting Ordinance (Cap. 562), the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106), the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (Cap. 593), Communications Authority Ordinance, and the Broadcasting (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 391).
The regulatory agency is ostensibly independent of the government,[1] Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), a government department with a self-funding trust structure.[2] [3] RTHK concerning a comedy show for purportedly "denigrating and insulting" the Hong Kong Police Force .[4]
In 2023, the agency recommended to the Chief Executive that free-to-air broadcasters transmit 30 minutes of patriotic and national security programming every week; the Chief Executive, John Lee, accepted the idea and made it mandatory.[5]
In July 2023, the agency proposed that national security media be exempt from a requirement that programs be impartial with "even-handedness," as well as certain media from mainland China.[6]
Structure
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The CA is headed by a chair and 11 other members:
The current Board of the CA [7]
Winnie TAM Wan-chi, SC - Chair
Eliza LEE Man-ching, JP - Vice-chair
Karen CHAN Ka-yin, JP
Stephen HUNG Wan-shun
Yvonne LAW SHING Mo-han, BBS, JP
Thomas LO Sui-sing, JP
Hubert NG Ching-wah
Anthony William SEETO Yiu-wai
Benjamin TANG Kwok-bun, GBS
XU Yan
Ray YEP Kin-man
Agnes WONG Tin-yu, JP
List of Chairman
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Ambrose Ho 2012–2017: former Chairman of the Broadcasting Authority 2008-2012
Mr Huen Wong, BBS, JP 2017-?
Ms Winnie TAM Wan-chi, SC ?-present
Comparisons
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Similar bodies around the world are:
References
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^ "OFCA Trading Fund Report 2012/13" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016 .
^ Lee, Gigi (19 May 2020). "Hong Kong Government Broadcaster Axes Satirical Show After Police Criticism" . Radio Free Asia Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020 .
^ Grundy, Tom (14 February 2023). "Hong Kong's free-to-air broadcasters ordered to transmit 30-mins of patriotic and security programming per week" . Hong Kong Free Press HKFP . Retrieved 15 February 2023 .
^ Lee, James (18 July 2023). "Hong Kong mulls exempting national security TV, radio shows from impartiality requirement" . Hong Kong Free Press HKFP . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
^ "Communications Authority - Chairman & Members" . www.coms-auth.hk . Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020 .
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communications_Authority&oldid=1185644651 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 2 0 1 2 e s t a b l i s h m e n t s i n H o n g K o n g ● S t a t u t o r y b o d i e s i n H o n g K o n g ● H o n g K o n g g o v e r n m e n t d e p a r t m e n t s a n d a g e n c i e s ● C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d m e d i a o r g a n i z a t i o n s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● U s e H o n g K o n g E n g l i s h f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 ● A l l W i k i p e d i a a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n i n H o n g K o n g E n g l i s h ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 ● A r t i c l e s c o n t a i n i n g C h i n e s e - l a n g u a g e t e x t ● O f f i c i a l w e b s i t e d i f f e r e n t i n W i k i d a t a a n d W i k i p e d i a
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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