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STAR TV
1.
RECE
2 1 JAN 1993
OFFICER
INCL
YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT IMPORTANT TALKS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN HONG KONG ABOUT THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE BBC/HONG KONG RELATIONSHIP. BROADLY, THIS IS GOING WELL AND AUDIENCES ARE PICKING UP AROUND THE WORLD. LI KA-SHING IS NOW ORGANISING A SECOND "57 channels SATELLITE WITH NO LESS THAN 160 POSSIBLE CHANNELS. IN ADDITION, and nothing ANOTHER MAJOR HONG IS LAUNCHING CABLE TV, AIMING IN THE LONGER TERM -Bruce Springsteen. TO TAKE CABLE INTO CHINA.
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THESE SERVICES WILL REQUIRE A HUGE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL. IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE, TRAINING AND ADVERTISING FOR BRITISH COMPANIES ARE ENORMOUS, AS ARE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR BRITISH FILM MAKERS. IN THIS LAST RESPECT I HAVE INVITED MICHAEL GRADE TO COME OUT TO HONG KONG FOR TALKS WITH ENTREPRENEURS/INVESTORS WHO MIGHT PUT MONEY INTO AN EXPANSION OF THE BRITISH FILM INDUSTRY.
3.
PATRICK CHALMERS AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED BY MR NEEDHAM AND THE GOVERNOR FOR A NEW TRADE STRATEGY IN THE CHINA REGION. HONG KONG DEPARTMENT CAN ARRANGE FOR YOU AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT TO BE BRIEFED, IN PARTICULAR WITH A VIEW TO THE 11 MARCH CONFERENCE IN LONDON. BBC/STAR WILL HAVE A SPOT IN THAT CONFERENCE.
4.
CHALMERS WILL BE VISITING DELHI 29/1 TO 1/2 AND IS KEEN TO CALL ON MR FENN. HE THEN GOES ON TO BANGKOK AND I HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT HE MEET MR ADAMS. HIS OFFICE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
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