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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993
AT PRESENT THE LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS HAVE RESPONDED WELL ON VOLUNTARY BASIS IN PROVIDING SUBTITLING TO MANY OF THEIR NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES.
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RTHK IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING A HALF-HOUR "NEWS REVIEW" PROGRAMME EVERY SUNDAY BETWEEN 8.30 AM AND 9 AM WITH FULL SUBTITLING AND SIGN LANGUAGE.
THE STATION'S OTHER PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES ALSO CARRY SUBTITLING WHEN INTERVIEWS WITH NON-CANTONESE SPEAKERS ARE SHOWN.
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FURTHERMORE, STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO PROVIDE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PUBLIC INTEREST THAT RELATE TO
POLICIES.
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CAPTIONING GOVERNMENT
AS FOR THE OTHER TWO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS, CENT OF THEIR NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES, WHICH ABOUT 10 HOURS A WEEK, CARRY SUBTITLING.
SOME 10 AVERAGE
WHARF CABLE'S NEW CHANNEL ALSO PROVIDES SUBTITLING TO OVER NINE PER CENT OF ITS PROGRAMMES, WHICH AVERAGE ABOUT 15 HOURS A WEEK.
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RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS POLICE INSPECTORS TO BE PHASED OUT
THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS POLICE INSPECTOR RECRUITS IS EXPECTED GRADUALLY DECLINE, IN PARTICULAR DUE TO THE IMPROVED SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO LOCAL RECRUITMENT.
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SUCH, OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT SHOULD BE PHASED OUT COMPLETELY
IN TWO TO THREE YEARS' TIME.
SERVICE,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL MR STUART HARBINSON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO MUN-KA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR HARBINSON SAID AT PRESENT, OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT WAS CONTINUING AT A MODEST LEVEL TO SUPPLEMENT LOCAL RECRUITMENT AND BECAUSE THIS IS TRADITIONAL.
"THERE ARE ALSO SOME BENEFITS DERIVING FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH IN TERMS OF THE TERRITORY'S COSMOPOLITAN IMAGE, HE SAID,
MR HARBINSON ALSO RELEASED THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS INSPECTORS RECRUITED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
POLICE
STATISTICS SHOW THAT 116 LOCAL AND 34 OVERSEAS POLICE
INSPECTORS WERE RECRUITED IN 1990/91.
THE NUMBER OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS POLICE INSPECTORS RECRUITED IN 1991/92 WERE 75 AND 15, AND THAT FOR 1992/93 WERE 71 AND 20 RESPECTIVELY.
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