Formed 1 April 2012 Website coms-auth.hk | Agency executive Ambrose Ho, Chairman | |
Preceding agencies Broadcasting AuthorityTelevision and Entertainment Licensing AuthorityTelecommunications Authority Headquarters Wu Chung HouseNo. 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai | ||
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.
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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).
Like its predecessors, the regulatory agency is structurally independent of the government, but its executive functions are supported by the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA), a government department with a self-funding trust structure.
Structure
The CA is headed by a chair and 11 other members:
The current Board of the CA consist of:
List of Chairman
Comparisons
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