HKFP reports
The public broadcaster will air more programming to “nurture a stronger sense of patriotism” among viewers.
The head of Hong Kong’s press group has said the authorities are moving to change the city’s public broadcaster into a propaganda mouthpiece “as soon as possible,” after the city’s leader announced a partnership between RTHK and a Chinese state media company earlier this week.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Monday that RTHK will partner with China Media Group – the holding group for CCTV and China National Radio – to air more programmes to “nurture a stronger sense of patriotism” among viewers.
Under the partnership, RTHK’s Chinese-language channel TV 31 will air a range of mainland-produced TV shows and documentaries, Lam said at an event to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Lam also announced that RTHK will produce its own programming to advocate the importance of safeguarding the country’s national security, and to promote a better understanding of developments on the mainland.
“I think most people in Hong Kong are [aware] that RTHK will become state media as soon as possible,” Hong Kong Journalists Association’s chairperson Ronson Chan told HKFP.
Hong Kong’s RTHK will become state media after partnership with China’s CCTV, says press group chief
