XN000022-1982-11-29 — Page 5

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1982

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+WE ARE CURRENTLY INTRODUCING NEW OR ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS X-RAY MACHINES AND METAL DETECTORS FOR USE AT THE ENTRY POINTS.

*WE HAVE PLANS TO RENEW AND EXPAND OUR LAUNCH FLEET AT AN EARLY DATE AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.

+IN EVERY WAY WE ARE SEEKING TO MEET XZHET ARE WIDE AND EVER- INCREASING DEMANDS ON US TO PROVIDE SERVICE BOTH TO TRADE AND TO SOCIETY GENERALLY IN HONG KONG, HE CONCLUDED.

GOVERNOR LOOKS AT TELEVISION SCENE

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IN A THREE-PART PROGRAMME, THE GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (MONDAY) TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THE COMPLEXITIES OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR LEISURE ACTIVITY

G'S -- TELEVISION.

HE STARTED HIS PROGRAMME BY MEETING THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY, MR N.J.V. WATT, AND MEMBERS OF THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD TO HEAR SOME OF THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF TELEVISION IN HONG KONG. PRESENT AT THE MEETING WERE MR WATT, CHAIRMAN, MRS MAISIE WONG, DR PETER LEE, MR MERVYN LAW, MR A.C. HEATHCOTE, POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR S. WILKINSON, DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR P. SINGH, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY STAFF, MISS ROSE MAY LI AND MISS MUSETTA WU.

THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE.

FOLLOWING THE MEETING WITH THE TELEVISION ADVISORY BOARD SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE ATTENDED LUNCH AT THE JOCKEY CLUB AS GUESTS OF THE BOARD.

AFTER LUNCH THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE TELEVISION AUTHORITY, DROVE TO BROADCAST DRIVE WHERE THEY SPENT ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS VISITING THE TWO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS, TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD. AND ASIA TELEVISION LTD.

THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE CHAIRMEN OF THE TWO COMPANIES, SIR RUN RUN SHAW OF TVB AND MR DEACON CHIU OF ATV, AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY SUBSEQUENTLY TOURED THE FACILITIES IN BOTH STATIONS, WATCHED PROGRAMMES IN REHEARSAL AND DISCUSSED PRODUCTION PROBLEMS WITH ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMME PERSONNEL.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH THE ENERGY, DEDICATION AND ORIGINALITY OF THE MANY TELEVISION PRODUCTION PEOPLE HE HAD SPOKEN TO DURING HIS VISIT TO THE TWO STATIONS.

HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE ENTHUSIASM AND SKILL WHICH HE HAD SEEN, THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FIRST RATE ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

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