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Li Baiquan resigns as Director of Broadcasting: RTHK is back on track and earnestly fulfilling its mission as a public broadcaster

2022-06-30T06:20:52.202Z


The Director of Broadcasting, Li Baiquan, is about to be re-appointed as Permanent Secretary for Security. Today (30 June) is his last working day at RTHK. He sent a letter to all employees, thanking colleagues for their support and trust during his tenure, saying that for more than a year


The Director of Broadcasting, Li Baiquan, is about to be re-appointed as Permanent Secretary for Security. Today (30 June) is his last working day at RTHK.

He sent a letter to all staff, thanking colleagues for their support and trust during his tenure, saying that in more than a year, Hong Kong and Taiwan have returned to the right track. Good Chinese stories and good Hong Kong stories”.


Calling "The Sonorous Collection" the "Ace Program"

Li Baiquan pointed out that although he has only been in the post of Director of Broadcasting on March 1 last year, he has been able to walk side by side with a group of enthusiastic and energetic colleagues from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Faced with many challenges, the work is not easy. With the concerted efforts of our colleagues, we have overcome many difficulties and put RTHK back on the right track, earnestly fulfilling the purpose and mission of RTHK as a public broadcaster stipulated in the Charter of RTHK.

He said that the launch of programs with diversified content on different platforms has increased the public's understanding of the country and "one country, two systems", and that Hong Kong and Taiwan have also established closer cooperation with mainland media organizations. The Voice of the Greater Bay Area radio channel will be officially launched in Hong Kong and Taiwan on July 1, so that Hong Kong citizens can learn more about Chinese culture and the latest development of the country in more ways.

He also specifically pointed out that "The Sonorous Collection" has been "popular with audiences" in the past year, describing it as "the trump card program".

Li Baiquan also mentioned the efforts of Hong Kong and Taiwan in promoting sports, including the broadcast of a number of international or national large-scale sports games in the past year, such as the Olympic Games, National Games, Winter Olympics, etc., and the exclusive live broadcast of "Asian League Champions Cup 2022" And the six games of the "Asian Cup Qualifiers", witnessing the Hong Kong team's great achievements overseas; in addition, the Hong Kong and Taiwan TV 32 transformed into the "epidemic prevention information channel", providing the fastest and most accurate epidemic prevention information. Proud to be professional, efficient and responsible.

Li Baiquan said "The Sonorous Collection" has been "very popular with audiences" in the past year.

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In any one and a half year, he has drawn many trump card current affairs programs

Since Li Baiquan became the director of broadcasting at the beginning of last year, he has strictly rectified Hong Kong and Taiwan, and his style has been supported by the establishment. Many current affairs programs have been selected or suspended, including the trump card current commentary programs "Discussion", "City Forum" and so on.

In addition, some old "Clanging" films with high click rate and multiple awards, including "721 Who Lords the Truth" have been removed from the shelves one after another, and the program has no political content anymore.

RTHK and later formulated the "RTHK Editorial Policies and Procedures" document, setting out various editorial policies, such as Taiwan should not be called a "country" or regarded as a "country", and RTHK programs cannot provide a platform Encourage, incite behaviors that endanger national security, or contain any content that would be detrimental to national security.

Changes at the top of the government, Director of Broadcasting Li Baiquan will be appointed as Permanent Secretary of Security Bureau Liu Liqun will be transferred to Director of Broadcasting of Environment Bureau.

Source: hk1

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