WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1981
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NEW DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING NAMED
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THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR J.M. TISDALL, WILL LEAVE THE SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN APRIL 1982 ON COMPLETION OF HIS AGREEMENT.
HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY MR C.S. WILKINSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, WHOSE PROMOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
MR WILKINSON, WHO IS 53 YEARS OF AGE, IS A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER 1978 AS DÉPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, FOLLOWING OVER 30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND BROADCASTING. HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY SAID, +1 AM DELIGHTED THAT MR WILKINSON IS TO HEAD RTHK.
+THE DEPARTMENT WILL, BENEFIT BOTH FROM HIS MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE BBC AND FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF BROADCASTING IN HONG KONG WHICH HE HAS GAINED IN MORE RECENT YEARS.
MR WILKINSON WILL FORM A STRONG TEAM WITH THE THREE CONTROLLERS (MR SIMON LUN, CONTROLLER, TV, MISS CHEUNG MAN YEE, CONTROLLER, RADIO AND MR PHILIP MANNS, CONTROLLER ENGINEERING) AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM,+
PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR TISDALL, MR BRAY SAID +RTHK HAS MADE VERY REAL PROGRESS WITH JOHN TISDALL AT THE HELM.
+A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THE REVITALISATION OF RTHK RADIO OUTPUT, INCLUDING THE RESTRUCTURING OF RADIO PROGRAMMING AND THE UNIFICATION OF NEWS PRODUCTION AT BROADCAST HOUSE, HAVE BEEN LARGELY DUE TO HIS EFFORTS.
+DURING HIS TENURE OF OFFICE TOO, RTHK'S TELEVISION PRODUCTION HAS CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE.
+HE HAS DISPLAYED BOTH VISION IN REGARD TO PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND A CONTINUING INTEREST IN IMPROVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE WON WIDE RESPECT. WE SHALL BE SORRY TO SEE HIM GO,+ MR BRAY STATED.
MR BRAY SAID IN ADDITION THAT FURTHER REORGANISATION OF THE DIRECTORATE WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE COMING MONTHS, BUT NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENT WAS IMMIMENT.
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