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SCMP Reporter

ENTERTAINMENT

Auditor's criticisms: Six spring receptions in a year; $750,000 spent in 2004-05; expenses ceilings of $250 per head for lunch and $400 for dinner sometimes exceeded

RTHK's response: will issue better  guidelines

SPONSORSHIP

Auditor: accepting commercial sponsorship, including free passage, breaches rules for government departments

RTHK: will apply for exemption; says free passage for production purposes doesn't compromise integrity

GOVERNANCE

Auditor:  management systems inadequate, not conductive to strong governance; no annual plan

RTHK: rules hard to apply;  strategic planning takes different forms

FEES, RECORDS AND OUTSOURCING

Auditor: no objective criteria for paying contract staff; records of attendance inadequate; contracts signed after staff began work

RTHK: situation has improved

Auditor: no longer cost-effective to outsource broadcast of City Forum; camera and lighting operators on standby most of the time

RTHK: standby time inevitable

Auditor: no action to address potential conflict of interest when outsourcing services to two companies whose staff overlap

RTHK: companies will ensure no conflict of interest

OVERSPENDING

Auditor: 36 to 54 per cent of RTHK productions over budget since 2003

RTHK: situation improving

OVERTIME

Auditor: $1.1 million overtime payment to RTHK staff  in 2004-05, of which 64 per cent paid to drivers; drivers made uncertified journeys, claimed overtime for buying newspapers at 5.30am. Overtime payments under technical services agreement with outside  company totalled $4.6 million

RTHK: will review the situation

PROCUREMENT

Auditor: lack of a compliance culture among staff; property  missing, stocktaking inadequate

RTHK: will strengthen training on procurement

VIEWERSHIP

Auditor: some programmes poorly received by the public; unsure if they reach target audience

RTHK: quantitative analysis inappropriate



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