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South China Morning Post
a day ago
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Hong Kong lawmakers call for TV stations to show more English-language content
Hong Kong's broadcast watchdog has been asked to require TV stations to produce more local programmes on their English channels to 'tell good Hong Kong stories' to expats and visitors. Advertisement Stations are permitted to have up to 45 per cent of their English-channel content be in other languages, a threshold some lawmakers said on Monday was too high and at odds with Hong Kong's role as an international city. Some legislators also urged the government to sponsor TV stations to produce dramas promoting national security and education, while others called for loosening restrictions on TV commercials or product placements to help broadcasters survive in the new media era. The views were raised at a meeting of the Legislative Council's panel on information technology and broadcasting, at which officials briefed lawmakers on the coming renewal of the three domestic free-to-air TV service licences. Non-affiliated lawmaker Chan Siu-hung said: 'Hong Kong is an international city, but there are not enough English programmes. Most of them are about financial markets or current affairs. We should allow expats here more choices.' Advertisement Sharing a similar view, Eunice Yung Hoi-yan of the New People's Party said: 'Most of the English programmes are bought from overseas. Travellers switching to a local English TV channel could end up watching programmes they have already watched in their home places.'
South China Morning Post
06-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to host crucial summit in wake of political elites' postponed US trip
Hong Kong's convenor of the Executive Council revealed on Tuesday the reason for the delay of a high-profile visit by the city's political and business elites to the United States during Easter was to avoid any misunderstanding amid ongoing US-China tensions as she announced details of a crucial coming summit. Advertisement Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who also chairs a co-organiser for the prominent Global Prosperity Summit in the city from May 19 to 21, further disclosed that two former US consuls general in Hong Kong, Hanscom Smith and Kurt Tong, would be taking part in the summit, along with a former senior mainland Chinese diplomat. 'Originally, I planned to visit the US during Easter last month, but I felt that the timing was not appropriate, particularly because [US President Donald] Trump has been stating daily that someone from China was reaching out to him,' she said. The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce announced on April 17 that its delegation of 10 to 20 members and leaders would not depart for Dallas on April 24 as scheduled due to the rapidly changing geopolitical situation. This would have been the chamber's first visit to the US in seven years. The New People's Party, also led by Ip, similarly postponed its trip to the US. Advertisement 'We did not want to be misunderstood [as the] people reaching out to him. Therefore, I, along with lawmaker Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung, decided to postpone our itinerary,' she added. President Trump had refuted a Chinese statement on April 25, asserting that the two economic powers had held talks earlier that day to ease the ongoing trade war, contrary to China's claim that no such discussions had taken place.
