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YOUR TELNO 2322 OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1988: BBC WORLD SERVICE HONG KONG
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BBC TELL US THEIR FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS WITH SASI (TSAO) AND RTHK (MAN YEE) ABOUT BBC WORLD SERVICE BROADCASTS IN HONG KONG ON MEDIUM WAVE HAVE BEEN PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY. WE UNDERSTAND AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE HAS BEEN REACHED FOR RTHK 5 TO BE DEDICATED TO RELAY OF THE BBC WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH ON A 24 HOUR A DAY BASIS AND THAT THIS WILL BE A DIRECT RELAY NOT SUBJECT TO EDITORIAL CONTROL BY RTHK. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT RTHK 6 ARE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA OF REBROADCASTING
BBC CANTONESE AND MANDARIN SERVICE OUTPUT AS PART OF THEIR CHINESE SERVICE OUTPUT. GRATEFUL TO KNOW PRESENT POSITION ON
THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND FOR AN INDICATION WHEN DECISIONS ON THE RTHK 5 CHANNEL AND FREQUENCY ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN.
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