SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1985
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+ THE FCC ONLY REGISTERS RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, AND DOESN'T TRY TO CENSOR THEM,+ MISS CHEUNG SAID. HOWEVER, SHE ADDED THAT THIS DID NOT MEAN BROADCASTING WAS TOTALLY UNCONTROLLED, AS STATIONS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE +FAIRNESS DOCTRINE+, BY WHICH THEY MUST PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE IN AN UNBIASED WAY.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER TOUR SO FAR HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON A WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING.
+ I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE VISITING AT A TIME WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE WERE AT THE CENTRE OF THE NEWS,+ SHE SAID. HER VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING PRESIDENT REAGAN'S VISIT TO A GERMAN WAR CEMETERY, WHICH HAS BEEN WIDELY CRITICISED AS INAPPROPRIATE BY MANY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES.
MISS CHEUNG HAS ALSO BEEN INTERVIEWED BY A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLICATIONS AND RADIO STATIONS, INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER AND A NATIONALLY BROADCAST NEWS PROGRAMME, +ALL THINGS CONSIDERED+.
MISS CHEUNG WILL BE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, VISITING NEW ORLEANS AND SAN FRANCISCO, AMONG OTHER CITIES.
TRADE, INDUSTRY CHIEF LEAVES FOR MEA TALKS
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THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, LEFT HONG KONG LAST (SATURDAY) NIGHT ON A TOUR OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS TO HAVE AN INFORMAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH SENIOR TRADE AND OTHER OFFICIALS ON THE FUTURE OF THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA), WHICH IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON JULY 31, 1986.
HIS FIRST STOP IS ROME WHERE HE WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, MR ALTISSIMO AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS.
FROM ROME HE WILL GO TO LONDON FOR MEETINGS WITH MR PAUL CHANNON, MINISTER FOR TRADE, SIR WILLIAM HARDING, DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, SIR PETER BLAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
/BETWEEN MAY
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