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From: C J Ingham
Information Department
Date: 19 October 1989
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Mr Muir
PS/Mr Sainsbury
Private Secretary
BBC WORLD SERVICE IN HONG KONG
cc: Mr Maude
Miss Spencer
Miss Marsden, Hong Kong Dept
Mr Whitehead, News Dept
нки 30611
PROBLEM
1. Should the Secretary of State accept an invitation from the BBC World Service to take part in either a live "phone-in", or an
interview with Mark Brayne, on 7 January 1989 to mark the
introduction of 24 hour broadcasting of the World Service in Hong
Kong?
RECOMMENDATION
2. That the Secretary of State agree to an interview with Mark Brayne, provided that the BBC do not use the occasion to give special publicity to the introduction of 24 hour broadcasting in
Hong Kong. Hong Kong Department and News Department agree.
BACKGROUND
3. In January 1989 the Government of Hong Kong reached agreement
with the BBC for the relay of the World Service in English by Radio
Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to be extended to 24 hours, initially as
an experiment. The 24 hour broadcasts will begin on 1 January
1990.
OUTAAZ
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