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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1984

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+BUT THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS WERE ROLLING SLOWLY WITH THE SETTING UP OF A HIGH-POWERED COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF BROADCASTING. WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WONDERED WHY HONG KONG DID NOT HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE, MR HAYE FINALLY GOT THE GREEN LIGHT. HE TABLED HIS BLUE-PRINT AND AT LAST, IN 1968, WAS AUTHORISED TO ESTABLISH AND LAUNCH ETV IN HONG KONG.

IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS HE RECRUITED STAFF, SENT MANY OVERSEAS FOR TRAINING, BUILT THE ETV PRODUCTION CENTRE STUDIOS IN BROADCAST DRIVE, AND FINALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING SIR DAVID TRENCH, THEN GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, LAUNCH THE SERVICE WITH A LIVE BROADCAST IN CANTONESE TO THE FIRST AUDIENCE OF 100 000 PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, HE SAID.

SKETCHING IN DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, MR HAYE SAID THAT ETV RAPIDLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE BEST SERVICE OF ITS KIND IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

+THE UNIQUE FEATURE ABOUT ETV IN HONG KONG WAS AND IS THAT IT IS A SERVICE PRODUCED BY TEACHERS, FOR TEACHERS, IN LOCAL CLASSROOMS, AND NOT A HALF-BAKED IMPORT FROM ELSEWHERE,+ MR HAYE SAID.

NOW ETV BROADCASTS EIGHT HOURS A DAY FOR A 30-WEEK SCHOOL BROADCASTING YEAR AND REACHES NEARLY 750 000 CHILDREN IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO TAKE PART IN THE 14TH ROUND OF SINO- BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH),

MR TAN GAN.

ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR WERE THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AND THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF INTERPRETER, MR Y.P. CHENG.

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