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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1984
+WHAT HAS DEVELOPED IS A SYSTEM AND A COMBINATION OF OUTPUT WHICH, WHILE REMAINING IN SOME WAYS LESS THAN PERFECT, MANY LARGER COMMUNITIES MIGHT ENVY,+ HE SAID.
POLICY REQUIRED, HE SAID, THAT RTHK MAKE PROGRAMMES WHICH WERE NOT SIMPLY AUDIENCE-ATTRACTIVE, BUT WHICH HAD ALSO TO REFLECT ALL SHADES OF OPINION ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. IT FOLLOWED, HE SAID, THAT THE BASIC RTHK EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE WAS. IN A SENSE, THE GIFT NOT SO MUCH OF THE GOVERNMENT MACHINE WHICH PAYS OUR WAGES OF WHICH WE ARE PART, BUT OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.+
+WE ARE WHAT THE PEOPLE WISH US TO BE,+ HE SAID.
RTHK HAD COME TO REPRESENT, THROUGH THE YEARS, ALONG WITH THE COMMERCIAL STATIONS AND AN UNFETTERED PRESS, IMPORTANT FREEDOMS NOW EMBODIED IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
MR GEORGE BAKO, PRESIDENT OF THE CBA, ALSO SPEAKING TODAY, SAID THAT THE CONFERENCE HAD BEEN PLANNED FOUR YEARS AGO, AND WAS BEING HELD AT A TIME BOTH, WHEN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AFTER 1997 WAS BEING DETERMINED AND WHEN THE REORGANISATION OF BROADCASTING IN HONG KONG WAS ALSO A MATTER OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS.+
THE CBA, HE SAID, WAS MADE UP OF 55 MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED SOLELY WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING, WHICH WAS SIMPLY +BROADCASTING AS ORGANISED BY THE STATE AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIALLY OPERATED BROADCASTING, WHICH IS PRIVATELY OWNED FOR PRIVATE PROFIT.+
THE CONFERENCE, HE SAID, INTENDS TO HAVE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING, SO AS TO AGREE ON A GENERAL STRATEGY AS TO HOW BROADCASTING WOULD BE BETTER ABLE AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO COPE IN A MULTI-LINGUAL SOCIETY, ASSIST THE DEVELOPED NATIONS TO REDISCOVER THEMSELVES, AND HELP IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF NATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
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