The Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (OFNAA) has been actively collaborating with various bureaux, departments and other organisations to take forward publicity and public education (PPE) work regarding the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance (Cap. 390) (COIAO), with a view to encouraging children and young people stay away from obscene and indecent content online. Colleagues of OFNAA attended the Family Council meeting held on 21 May 2025 to introduce COIAO and present the latest progress of its related PPE programmes to members of the Council.

During the meeting, the Assistant Director of Film, Newspaper and Article Administration, Mr Chris Fung, stated that while the government on one hand ensures proper regulation and supervision, it on the other hand spares no effort in conducting publicity and public education, working jointly with various sectors to protect children and young people from the influence of harmful materials. As family is of paramount importance on this front, OFNAA has organised publicity and educational activities specifically tailored for parents, including seminars for parents on the proper use of the Internet, as well as filtering software workshops for parents and online seminars organised in collaboration with non-profit-making social service organisations etc.. These activities aim to encourage parents to help their children choose appropriate leisure publications, video games and websites, to remind parents to pay more attention to whether the websites accessed by their children would contain obscene or indecent content, as well as to educate children and young people on the importance of healthy information and strengthen their ability to reject harmful material.

In addition to the programmes specifically for parents, OFNAA continues to organise diverse and targeted publicity and public education programmes for teachers, students and the general public, including school talks, online briefings and introducing the COIAO and related programmes and resources during the Professional Development Programme organised by the Education Bureau for teachers. To further embed the COIAO and the concept of healthy use of the Internet into schools and communities, various student and youth programmes such as educational dramas, roving exhibitions, "Healthy Information Student Ambassadors Scheme" and various student competitions, were held. Furthermore, OFNAA has strengthened collaborations with other departments and organisations, including Family Council, to promote the COIAO and related programmes and information as well as the importance of staying away from online objectionable information to children and young people through various channels and platforms; and with the Hong Kong Police Force to organise talks for children and young people, in an interactive and engaging style to help students to build correct values, develop appropriate concept to use internet and deepen their understanding of the COIAO.

Mr Chris Fung emphasised that good family education could effectively help children and young people not to access objectionable information. He looked forward to the continuous collaboration between OFNAA and the Family Council to implement diverse publicity and public education works, with a view to establishing the positive value of the next generation.