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projects are financially sound in the event of reasonable adverse variations from plan.
Creative Ideas.
We have considered this area, partly on the basis of our own investigations and partly drawing on the findings of the Consultants.
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25.1. This is a sub-set of the overall manpower resources problem and comes down to the question of obtaining suitable senior programming executives, with- out whom the effective programming impetus is likely to fail. Both HKCC and HCV have staff in this area at present on a contract basis. In HCV, Robert Chan and Yvonne Siu have a proven track-record with TVB; but it is not clear whether either would be on the final team if HCV got the licence. Programming ideas for HKCC came from Nansun Shi, Sunny Wong (Wong Yue Sun) and Law Kar (Lau Yiu Kuen), and with significant input from TVB staff on attachment.
25.2. It seems to us that either bidder would have to poach programming manage- ment personnel. It is difficult to assess what outstanding personalities would be available to either bidder.
Ability to obtain studio/dubbing/technical facilities.
26.1. HCV's programming proposals place more pressure on local programming infrastructure than HKCC. The consultants advise that HCV may have under- estimated the amount of studio space they will require for their in-house produc- tion. If the standard of locally-commissioned production falls below what HCV planned, they may find themselves short of capacity to put things to rights. This is not likely to be a long-term problem, however, and HCV's back-up of financial and property resources would no doubt be called upon to make up any shortfall in studio space.
26.2. HKCC has developed plans to lease surplus space at Shaw Bros' Clearwater Bay Studios. This plan has been checked and found reasonable
26.3. Both HCV and HKCC consider that there is sufficient capacity in local dubbing facilities to meet their needs. This is generally true; however, in the short term, it may be a tight squeeze to get a sufficient backlog of dubbed material ready for their proposed switch-on dates in 1991. The lead time for setting up of all the necessary equipment for in-house production (assuming the space is available to accomodate it) is about nine months.
Realistic plans to obtain and retain vital manpower resources.
27.1. Both bidders have plans to recruit local staff and train them in time for switch-on in 1991. HCV has made extensive provision for in-house training. HKCC hopes to use TVB's training programme on a commercial basis. The consultants advise that either bidder will need to use foreign personnel for heads of skilled departments in the early years. It is estimated that their requirements for video engineers, sound engineers and production managers will exceed by about
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