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China
interest
UK
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Secretary for Recreation & Culture/Secretary for Municipal Services (Cont'd)
The Corporatisation To establish RTHK as an
of RTHK
The 24-hour Relay of the BBC World Service in English
Broadcasts by TDM
independent statutory public broadcasting corporation, under its own. Board of Governors. The new corporation will be funded primarily through Government subvention.
The coverage of the BBC World Service in English was extended from its 14 1/2 hours to 24 hours per day on RTHK Radio 6 w.e.f. 1.1.90.
TDM has plans to boost its transmission power so that its broadcasts are receivable in a wide area outside Macau. This is of concern to both Hong Kong and China.
Work is in progress on the detailed legislative, staffing and financial arrangements. It is aimed to establish the Board of Governors at the beginning of 1991. However, RTHK will remain a government department during the transition period 1990-91. RTHK should be
disestablished and the financial arrangements be completed by the financial year 1991-92.
The new 24-hour service is now firmly established on 675 kHz.
Exploratory talks were held on 13.3.90 with Macau Government
representatives. Further talks likely to be held in April.
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