TNAG-1985-FCO40-2818-Presentation-of-UK-policy-on-Hong-Kong-to-the-media-1989 — Page 80

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Mr Wye

Research Department

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NC 15/6.

нко Hko 301/1

BBC MONITORING SERVICE

Thank you for your minute of 11 M to Mr Wood in this department on the subject of coverage of Hong Kong in the Summary of World Broadcasts.

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Our coverage of the Hong Kong media is fairly good Hong Kong Government issue "GIST" a daily summary of Chinese language media, both the press and radio/TV. We also receive weekly summaries of press coverage of future of Hong Kong issues, and we have commissioned press monitoring exercises in Hong Kong - for example on the media response to the last Annual Report to Parliament.

3. One subject we are interested in, particularly in the light of

On recent events, is the arrest of Hong Kong residents in China. one occasion, the first we heard of the incident was from an SWB report.

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The situation after 1997 may be a little different.

15 June 1989

Nicholas Cupres

N Cannon

Hong Kong Department WH303

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