護家協會去信亞視執行主席張永霖先生投訴2009年亞姐選舉

致 大埔工業邨大盛街25-37號亞洲電視
行政總裁 張永霖先生 (傳真：(852) 23380438、電郵：atv@atv.com.hk 、電話：(852) 29929298)

尊敬的張永霖先生(急件！共2頁，以電郵和傳真發送)：


本會收到會員和好友反映，就亞洲電視於本年十月二十四日《2009亞洲小姐競選準決賽》的內容，感到不安和厭惡，因為其中內容低俗，並有侮辱女性成份，理由如下：


1. 參選者的衣着過份暴露：準決賽中的三點式泳裝外，剪裁近乎裸露，節目中多名參選者均有「突點」或「露點」問題。表演環節時又要求參選者撕裂獸皮衣服，以野性造型示人，意識淫盪。


2. 其中「美麗大測試」環節公然侮辱女性：節目中佳麗被分為「美胸組」、「纖腰組」、「美腿組」、「美髮組」、「五官組」及「牙齒組」等，各組佳麗隔着一塊中空的木製佈景，讓鏡頭特寫參選者該部份身體，並由模特兒點評。在「美胸組」的環節中，司儀不斷講一些語帶相關的侮辱說話，例如：參選者胸大就形容為「地心吸力犀利」，又指胸小的女士「就係唔靚」等。這一做法實質上把參選者淪為商品，誤導觀眾以為女性的價值就只限於她們的身體輪廓和形態上，有侮辱女性之嫌，灌輸錯誤的價值觀。(例如有落選佳麗承認因此心靈受創，家人和朋友也同樣感到不好受。)


我們十分擔心，貴台將於十一月的亞洲小姐決賽中，聲稱會讓參選者穿着「挑戰電視尺度」的服裝。亞視這種意圖，對心智未成熟的青少年以至對性敏感的成年人會構成不良影響和錯誤的價值觀，其對社會的潛在的危害將會很壞。事實上，今天很多類似之節目如無線的《2009香港先生》選舉等，皆日趨低俗及不惜賣弄色情，有傷風化和侮辱相關性別的尊嚴。


本會以推動「愛護家庭、建設社會」為宗旨，眼見近年本港家庭飽受不同形式的色情意識和社會歪風所衝擊，導致很多家庭問題，例如與性相關的嚴重罪行亦與日俱增，甚至氾濫至政府機構如有警員竟斗膽在辦公時間和警署內強姦和非禮報案的女事主，有政府高官竟於上班時長時間瀏覽色情網頁以至有老師竟非禮未成年青少年等等…比比皆是駭人聽聞！令人不安的現象。


貴台作為本港一公眾免費電視頻道，本應以良好的娛樂和資訊來推動本港的發展；況且，作為一個大機構，張先生必然明白何為貴台的社會責任。我們今天只可望門興嘆──真難找到一個真正宜長宜幼的合家歡頻道呢！


我們很樂與張先生面談心得和交流見解，敬希安排彼此會面，並請 貴台認真考慮立即叫停所有可能散發侮辱女性和鼓吹色情的選舉片段，是所至盼，謝謝！

愛護家庭家長協會秘書 許偉嫻上
公元2009年10月31日

Parents for The Family Complained against ATV re. 2009 Miss Asia Contest

(廣管局24小時投訴熱線：(852) 2827 8488、傳真：(852) 2507 2219、電郵：ba@tela.gov.hk）

敬啟者：


本會欲投訴亞洲電視於本年十月二十四日《2009亞洲小姐競選準決賽》的內容低俗及侮辱女性，理由如下：

1. 參選者的衣着過份暴露：準決賽中的三點式泳裝外，剪裁近乎裸露，節目中多名參選者均有「突點」或「露點」問題。表演環節時又要求參選者撕裂獸皮衣服，以野性造型示人，意識淫盪。

2. 其中「美麗大測試」環節公然侮辱女性：節目中佳麗被分為「美胸組」、「纖腰組」、「美腿組」、「美髮組」、「五官組」及「牙齒組」等，各組佳麗隔着一塊中空的木製佈景，讓鏡頭特寫參選者該部份身體，並由模特兒點評。在「美胸組」的環節中，司儀不斷講一些語帶相關的侮辱說話，例如：參選者胸大就形容為「地心吸力犀利」，又指胸小的女士「就係唔靚」等。這一做法實質上把參選者淪為商品，誤導觀眾以為女性的價值就只限於她們的身體輪廓和形態上，有侮辱女性之嫌，灌輸錯誤的價值觀。(例如有落選佳麗承認因此心靈受創，家人和朋友也同樣感到不好受。)

我們十分擔心，亞視將於十一月的亞洲小姐決賽中，聲稱會讓參選者穿着「挑戰電視尺度」的服裝。亞視這種意圖，對心智未成熟的青少年以至對性敏感的成年人會構成不良影響和錯誤的價值觀，其對社會的潛在的危害將會很壞。事實上，今天很多類似之節目如無線的《2009香港先生》選舉等，皆日趨低俗及不惜賣弄色情，有傷風化和侮辱相關性別的尊嚴，令到推動「愛護家庭、建設社會」的我輩十分為難，,因為今天真難找到一個真正宜長宜幼的合家歡頻道呢！

敬希貴局嚴正跟進，謝謝！

愛護家庭家長協會秘書 許偉嫻上
公元2009年10月30日

International Coalition against TVB's 2009 Mr. HONG KONG Contest

  Joint Statement by unprecedented International Coalition

  Protest against TVB regarding Mr. Hong Kong Contest (2009)
  broadcast everywhere in the world

  DATE: August 09, 2009

1. ORGANIZATION FOR JUSTICE & EQUALITY (U.S.A.)

平等公義協會 (email:  info@justice-equality.org)

2. CHINESE CHRISTIANS HERALD CRUSADES – L.A. (U.S.A.)

角聲---羅省

3. CONCERNED CITIZENS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (U.S.A.)

4. PATIENTS’ ADVOCATE (U.S.A.)

病人權益協會

5. SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE CHRISTIANS UNION (U.S.A.)

三藩市華人基督教聯會

6. CHRISTIANS SOCIAL CONCERN FELLOWSHIP (Vancouver, Canada)

基督徒社會關懷組

7. CONCERNED PARENTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver, Canada)

英屬哥倫比亞家長聯盟

8. JUBILEE CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION (Toronto, Canada)

銀禧社會行動中心

Our U.S.-Canada coalition is disturbed and concerned pertaining to the Mr. Hong Kong Contest program produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) in Hong Kong, echoing our Hong Kong affiliates led by Hong Kong Sex Culture Society. This program recently broadcast at channels for general audience in different parts of the world at virtually prime time, showed sexually provocative behaviors and setting, tarnished the images of both Chinese men and Chinese women, discriminated against males, and caused tremendous embarrassment to family audience affecting youngsters deleteriously. We urge TVB to make considerable improvements if they wish to continue in producing such program and urge citizens everywhere to file complaints.

We are a coalition of groups in the United States of America and Canada. We appreciate the contributions of TVB to Hong Kong. But while we welcome the efforts of TVB to delay the broadcast time in U.S. a little and show less bodily contact between contestants and judges in the Mr. Hong Kong contest of this year due to our previous complaints, we believe that the latest program is still basically a male stripper show -- lascivious, low-class, offensive, and unacceptable for general television audience especially youngsters.

The problem areas include:

1. This program substantially lowered the standard of regular television broadcasts for general audience in the United States of America, Canada, and Hong Kong.

2. It sullied the image of females and degraded them seriously. The ladies in the program screamed, whistled, and ridiculed at the almost totally nude men continuously for a long period of time, similar to the case in a striptease nightclub. Many male sex predators actually obtain sexual satisfaction by watching such female expressions and females should not be exploited in such a manner.

3. It seriously discriminated against and humiliated males. All the 600-audience and judges were females. The male contestants were almost totally nude, only covered by a tight Speedo swimwear. Their bodies were wet and they had to walk close to the female judges to be harassed and even probed by them. The conversations were mostly sex related. It is especially obvious that the program is very discriminatory when compared with the Ms. Hong Kong Contest.

4. A major part of the Mr. Hong Kong Contest was similar to a male stripper show which does not allow any audience under 18. But the TVB show was broadcast at channels for general audience virtually at prime time, thus causing family audience tremendous discomfort and embarrassment and affecting youngsters deleteriously. For example, the show was broadcast at 9:30 p.m. east coast time in U.S., which was actually 6:30 p.m. for U.S. west coast viewers.

5. The program which was broadcast in different parts of the world, caused people of other races to have negative perception of Chinese especially Chinese women, since it besmirched the images of both Chinese men and women and degraded them seriously! We cannot afford to have this when we are working assiduously to fight against discrimination.

Very few decent Chinese families can keep the television set on continuously with this shameful show! We are stunned!

We strongly urge TVB not to discriminate against men by allowing both men and women to be the judges and the audience, not to tarnish the images of both Chinese men and women by abandoning the sexual harassment of nude men wearing wet Speedo swimwear by seemingly sex-thirsty screaming women especially by avoiding bodily contact, and not to broadcast this low-class lustful male stripper show at channels for general family audience virtually at prime time.

Our complaint of last year was strongly supported by journalists, educators, parents, etc. everywhere. There have been many complaints against this program year after year, yet TVB still stubbornly refused to make considerable improvements and just kept repeating the same defensive statements as a broken record. In fact, according to reports, recently TVB was under serious condemnations and protests by citizens in Hong Kong due to a combination of reasons including low-quality and low-class programs.

A publicly held television broadcasting corporation, especially one in a leading position, has to be mindful of social ethics and social responsibilities and has to listen to the viewers. Only with this mentality can it serve the society properly.

Moreover, what can TVB top administrators gain for the shareholders and supporters by stubbornly and outrageously producing such a salacious, shameful, and discriminatory program for general audience year after year? The Mr. Hong Kong show really blemished the reputation of TVB especially that of its leaders, producers, and actresses related to the show.

Suffice it to say, our coalition maintains that the Mr. Hong Kong Contest program produced by TVB is unacceptable for the aforesaid reasons and that TVB must make considerable improvements related to the above-mentioned problem areas if they wish to continue with such production. We will file complaints and urge people to do the same. We will also continue to monitor the various programs and even the business practices of TVB in different regions and will take appropriate actions if necessary.