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future

service. One of the tasks of the Board, of Governors will

be to decide the direction in which further developments in RTHK should take place.

116.

We intend to bring legislation before this

Council next year to provide for the establishment of the

Board of Governors. In the meantime the new financial

and administrative arrangements required by the changed status of RTHK are being examined and developed.

117.

(ii) Broadcasting Authority

This Council enacted the Broadcasting Authority Ordinance in July. Under its provisions, a Broadcasting Authority, with responsibility for wireless television, was established on 1 September. The Authority consists

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The members have

have been

of twelve members, of whom nine, including the Chairman,

are not Government officials.

drawn from diverse sectors of the community and should be genuinely representative of its interests. By drawing up codes of practice the Authority will help to ensure that television programmes

programmes provided in future will reflect

more accurately the

standards of their

audiences.

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