MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1990
FAR-SIGHTED BROADCASTING POLICY FOR HK
THE GOVERNMENT
FAR-SIGHTED, MACRO
DRAMATIC
CULTURE,
MR
> ALWAYS SEEKING TO TAKE A VIEW OF FAST-CHANGING GLOBAL TRENDS IN RESPONSE TO RAPID AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT CHAIRMEN OF THE GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY BY DEVELOPMENT.
MEETING
OF
A LUNCHEON
THE ASSOCIATION MR CHUI SAID TUNG
THE WAH GROUP
THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ΤΟ ENCOURAGE ENDEAVOURED
SECTOR IN ALL AREAS OF THE BUSINESS
ECONOMIC
OF HOSPITALS,
OF
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'BROADCASTING IS CLOSELY RELATED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS, IS A PARTICULARLY DYNAMIC AND IMPORTANT SECTOR,
WHICH
T
MR CHUI SAID.
CO-ORDINATION
"THERE
REGULAR EFFECTIVE, IS ADMINISTRATION FOR TAKING A CIRCUMSPECT OVERVIEW HONG KONG IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL TRENDS," HE SAID.
WITHIN THE OF DEVELOPMENTS IN
A FASTER PACE BROADCASTING POLICY WAS LEGISLATION
MR CHUJ NOTED THAT TECHNOLOGY USUALLY MOVED AT THAN POLICY EVOLUTION, AND THAT WORLDWIDE, BEING REVIEWED BY THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AMENDED TO SUIT CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
GOVERNMENTS, AND
"HONG KONG IS NO EXCEPTION, HE SAID.
UNITED KINGDOM AS ENACTED
YEAR
WOULD BE (1991) THAN ITS FIRST DRAFT AGO DRAWN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INITIAL POLICY VISION A FEW YEARS AS PUBLIC VIEWS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
CITING THE BROADCASTING LEGISLATION IN THE
AN EXAMPLE, MR CHUI SAID THE BROADCASTING BILL WHICH WOULD BE
NEXT 1 JANUARY ON BY THE UK PARLIAMENT SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT AND MORE SATISFACTORY
WERE
BEING
TAKEN
INTO
ACCOUNT
IN
THE
LIGHT
OF
AND
CULTURAL IN THE
"SIMILARLY, HONG KONG'S SPECIAL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS MUST BE FULLY ANALYSED AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FORMULATION OF POLICY, HE SAID.
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"THERE IS
CONTINUING MONITORING
OF TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGES,
THROUGH VISITS
то
SCIENTIFIC
PROFESSIONAL
RESEARCH
AND
EXCHANGE
AND TECHNOLOGICAL
OF INFORMATION
WITH
EXHIBITIONS, OVERSEAS
GOVERNMENTS," HE ADDED.
MR CHUI SAID BOTH THE BUSINESS SECTOR ΤΟ ADVISE ENGAGED PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS
AND THE ADMINISTRATION THEM ON SCIENTIFIC
OR
TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SPECIALIST PROBLEMS,
THE GOVERNMENT
"HOWEVER, IT IS THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF TO FORMULATE POLICY IN THE LIGHT OF THE OVERALL PUBLIC INTEREST.
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