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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1977
RTHK TO INCREASE LEGCO COVERAGE
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THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING IS AWARE OF THE NEED TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE LARGE PART PLAYED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN ITS PROCEEDINGS AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO INCREASE THIS COVERAGE, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
+LAST YEAR, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG DID CARRY A PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS. THOUGH THIS DID NOT TURN OUT AS WELL AS WE HAD HOPED, I SHALL ASK HIM TO CONSIDER ITS RE-INTRODUCTION OR PERHAPS PRODUCE A COMPLETELY NEW PROGRAMME ALONG SIMILAR LINES,+ HE SAID, ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ROGER LOBO.
A PREVIEW OF QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER IN THE COUNCIL TOGETHER, WHEN TIME PERMITS, WITH THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS ASKING THESE QUESTIONS IS INCLUDED IN THE NEWS BULLETINS BROADCAST ON THE DAY BEFORE AND ON THE MORNING OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS, MR. LI REVEALED.
THE ACTUAL MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, HE ADDED, AND A ROUND-UP OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE COUNCIL IS INCLUDED IN THE NEWS BULLETINS TRANSMITTED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON, IN THE EVENING AND ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
ALL THESE BROADCASTS ARE CARRIED ON BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH CHANNELS OF RTHK, HE SAID.
+ IN SO FAR AS THE ROUND-UP OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS CONCERNED, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE NOT ACHIEVED THE POSITION WHEREBY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ASKED ALTHOUGH THIS IS OFTEN DONE, AS I HAVE MENTIONED, IN RESPECT OF THE PRE-LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEWS BULLETINS AND ALWAYS
IN THE LIVE BROADCAST.
+ THE PROBLEM OF A ROUND-UP IS THAT THE NEWS EDITOR HAS TO WALK A TIGHT ROPE BETWEEN THE APPROPRIATE LENGTH OF EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEWS BULLETINS AND THE NEED TO AVOID REPETITIVE INTRODUCTION TO THOSE ITEMS WHICH COVER MEMBERS' QUESTIONS, + HE EXPLAINED.
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