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Thursday, August 23, 1973
POSITIVE ROLE OF TELEVISION
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The Commissioner for Television and Films, Mr. Nigel Watt, today
spoke about the positive role of television in Hong Kong.
Addressing the luncheon meeting of the Y's Men's Club at liandarin
Hotel today, he said that if used wisely by viewers and stations alike,
television could be an educator, a purveyor of information and an entertainer.
In 1975, he said, Hong Kong's three television stations would
transmit a total of over 12 hours of educational programmes each day.
A further seven hours will be made available each week by each
station for transmitting public affairs programmes.
In addition, Commercial Television Ltd. will devote two hours.
every night from Monday to Friday to vocational training or other educational
17ogrammes.
Mr. Watt praised a number of locally produced programmes for
providing dramatic entertainment together with useful social comment and
information on topical affairs.
However, he added that more could be done in this field.
He suggested that discussion programmes on the lines of "lieet the
Press" and "On the Spot", in which young people can participate actively,
should be used more widely on the Chinese channels.
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