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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1983

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GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING TODAY (TUESDAY) TO ATTEND SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

SEEING HIM OFF AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY,

SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH), MR TAN GAN.

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SIR PHILIP VISITS TVB

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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SPENT THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING THE STUDIOS OF TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD.

ACCOMPANIED BY LADY HADDON-CAVE, SIR PHILIP WAS MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE TELEVISION STATION BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, SIR RUN RUN SHAW, THE GENERAL MANAGER, MR ROBERT CHAN! AND THE CONTROLLER, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, MR CLARENCE CHANG.

SIR PHILIP WAS FIRST BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF THE STUDIOS AND THE HISTORY OF THE TV STATION, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967.

OVER THE PAST 16 YEARS, TVB'S STAFF HAD GROWN FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO THE PRESENT COMPLEMENT OF ABOUT 2 000.

SIR PHILIP WAS TOLD THAT THE STATION'S TRANSMISSIONS AVERAGED 164 HOURS A WEEK ON ITS CHINESE CHANNEL AND 100 HOURS ON ITS ENGLISH CHANNEL.

HE THEN TOURED THE STUDIOS AND THE NEWS DEPARTMENT, AND MET

A NUMBER OF ARTISTES AND OTHER STAFF.

BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, SIR PHILIP WAS PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR BY SIR RUN RUN TO COMMEMORATE HIS VISIT TO THE STATION.

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