problems arising following corporatization would include
-
RTHK's internal security role would have to be reviewed and in some areas replaced;
(ii)
there China;
might be reactions from
(iii) staff
arise
management from
mixed
problems might civil
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service/non-civil service staffing
arrangements.
None of these problems, however, are regarded as insurmountable.
We propose that RTHK should be re-constituted by statute as an independent but government-funded public broadcasting corporation with a Board of Governors. The Board would exercise overall control of RTHK and the Director of Broadcasting would be its chief executive.
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The main aspects of the relationship between the new RTHK under its Board of Governors and the Government
are
(a)
the Board will be responsible to the Governor for the running of RTHK in accordance with policies laid down by the Governor in Council which will be embodied in legislation;
(b) RTHK
will
annual
be granted an discretionary subvention which will be subject to the voting of funds by
by the Legislative Council; the policy Secretary concerned will be the Controlling Officer for the subvention;
(c) the Controlling Officer and the Director of Audit will have unhindered access to the records and account s of RTHK (the latter may also carry out value-for-money audit s on RTHK's operations) to ensure for the
that
RTHK
account able
is government subvention;