The main conclusion drawn in the paper was that the further development of Radio Hong Kong should take place under continuing public control and that for the time being the organization should continue to operate as a department of Government. It was recommended that certain
certain specific measures to improve the service to the public should be taken, namely:-
(1) A basic departure from the principle that revenue from licence fees should cover the cost of broad- casting.
(2) The introduction of all-day broadcasting on the
Chinese transmission.
(3) The replacement of the present 2-kilowatt transmitters at Hunghom by 10-kilowatt trans- mitters situated at an altitude high enough to command full coverage of the Colony.
(4) An improvement in the variety and scope of the programmes to include more specialized features and more live programmes of local and topical interest.
(5) The introduction of commercially sponsored pro-
grammes on both transmissions.
3. At a meeting of the Legislative Council on 22nd February, 1956 the Hon. Colonial Secretary moved that the Council should accept the five recommendations put forward in the 'White Paper'. In the debate that followed the Hon. M. W. Lo moved an amendment:
(1) "that the first four recommendations should be
accepted'.
subject to the provisos: that, as regards recommendation No. (1), it should be understood that the justification for subsidizing Radio Hong Kong, to the extent of meeting any excess of expenditure over and above the receipts from licence fees and Rediffusion, lies in the educational, cultural and informatory aspects of the programmes of Radio Hong Kong rather than in their value as pure entertainment, and that, as
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