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QUMMISSIONER Fuk SECURITIES

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TELEVISION

David Aspinall,

Managing Director, STW9.

The Bond Group is a highly "people-oriented" enterprise, acutely conscious of the feel- ings both of its thousands of employees and the many com- munities in which it operates.

But of all its activities, none is more deeply involved with the public than its media interests, which carry news and entertain- ment into the homes of millions of people.

The Group has large invest- ments in leading television stations in the two fastest- growing State capital cities in Australia - Perth and Brisbane. Both stations are affiliated with the powerful National Nine Network, giving them access to the top-rating national and international programs.

Both are particularly strong in local community involvement and sports, in keeping with the tastes of Australians. CHANNEL 9 PERTH

Technologically advanced, innovative and uncompromis- ing in its pursuit of excellence, Channel 9 has consistently been the market leader in Perth television.

Serving one of the most remote cities in the world, it is assiduous in carrying out its responsibility of bringing West- ern Australia and world affairs into ever-closer contact with each other.

To meet its obligations to its community, it is essential for the station to have the finest technology available. It has achieved this so well that it is widely recognised as one of the best-equipped television stations in the Southern Hemisphere.

It is already well prepared to take full advantage of the greatly increased scope for service when the first of Aust- ralia's two planned domestic communications satellites is launched late in 1985.

Channel 9 Perth is also vigorous in local production, offering high-quality service to commercial clients and making information and entertainment programs which have attracted widespread critical acclaim.