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FOLLOWING BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH ALEXANDER THOMSON,
BBC SE ASIA BUREAU CHIEF.
2. ASIASAT IS A HIGHLY COMMERCIAL OPERATION AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS TALK OF EXTRA TV CHANNELS BEING INTRODUCED INTO SINGAPORE IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THE AUTHORITIES WILL GIVE A
CHANNEL TO A COMMERCIAL STATION.
3. RESULTING FROM HIS INFORMAL CONTACTS THOMSON THINKS SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SBC) MAY RE BROADCAST BBC WORLD SERVICE TV. NATIONAL TRADES UNION CONGRESS (NTUC), WHOSE RADIO CURRENTLY RELAYS BBC MANDARIN SERVICE, | COULD BEGIN NTUC TV AND HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN RELAYING BBC
WORLD SERVICE TV. THOMSON HAS SUGGESTED THEY GET IN TOUCH
WITH BBC IN LONDON DIRECT TO DISCUSS FURTHER. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
HIM TO PUSH THE NEW SERVICE HIMSELF UNTIL IT IS CLEARER HOW
MUCH BBC WILL CHARGE.
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