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FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1976
FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR ETV IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICE (ETV) TO SECONDARY
SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER 1976, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, ANNOUNCED TODAY. PUPILS IN FORM I WILL SEE ETV FOR CHINESE, ENGLISH, SOCIAL STUDIES AND MATHEMATICS, FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IN COLOUR.
LESSONS WILL BE BEAMED FROM HKTVB, RTV AND CTV BETWEEN 8 A.M. AND 6 P.M. DAILY TO A TIMEABLE TO BE ANNOUNCED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR IN SEPTEMBER.
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RECEIVING EQUIPMENT WILL INCLUDE VIDEO-CASSETTE RECORDERS (VCRS) AND CLASSROON TELEVISION RECEIVERS FOR APPROPRIATE CLASSES IN GOVERNMENT, AIDED, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS WITH +BOUGHT+ PLACES. SUPPLY TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS WILL ACCORD WITH STANDARD PRACTICE UNDER REGULATIONS AND CODES OF AID, BUT PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL RECEIVE 100 PER CENT ASSISTANCE WITH THE PURCHASE OF VCRS AND TV RECEIVERS. THE DIRECTOR WILL BE CIRCULARISING SCHOOLS IN THIS CONNECTION SHORTLY.
ETV IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND HE WILL DETERMINE THE CONTENT, QUALITY, TRANSMISSION AND EVALUATION OF ETV PROGRAMMING AS BEFORE, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF A MERGER OF ETV AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK) PRODUCTION FACILITIES AT BROADCAST DRIVE, THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR. JAMES HAWTHORNE, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDIO PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF ETV PROGRAMMES. ETV PRODUCERS, WHO WILL SCRIPT AND DEVISE ETV LESSONS, WILL CONTINUE TO BE MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH RTHK STUDIO DIRECTORS.
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MR. COLVYN HAYE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (ADMINSTRATION), MR. SUN PING-SHU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (ETV), AND MR. JAMES HAWTHORNE, DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, WITH MR. DONALD KERR, CONTROLLER OF TELEVISION (RTHK) MET THE PRESS TODAY AT BROADCASTING HOUSE, WHERE THE NEW COLOUR TV CAMERAS TO BE USED IN PRODUCING ETV FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE DISPLAYED.
COMMENTING ON THE HISTORIC DECISION TO EXTEND ETV TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS THIS SEPTEMBER, MR. HAYE WHO PIONEERED ETV IN HONG KONG, REMARKED: +THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT. OUR ETV SERVICE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS ALREADY ENJOYS AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION, BUT ETV IN COLOUR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL REINFORCE THAT REPUTATION. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY SERVICE OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.+
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