Miss Asia Pageant won’t be final show for ailing Hong Kong network ATV
Previous reports said station would televise the contest one last time
The Miss Asia Pageant will not be the final show on ailing television network ATV, despite previous reports that it would televise the contest one last time.
ATV public relations manager Jeff Wong Sau-tung said on a DBC radio programme on March 11 that the broadcaster would broadcast the pageant for the last time before the end of March. Yet according to its website, the station will close with a rerun of an episode commemorating the 25th anniversary of the pageant that was filmed three years ago.
Wong yesterday told the Post he could not comment on the topic of the final programme and that it was more “suitable” for the company’s provisional liquidator, Deloitte, to address the issue.
The Communications Authority yesterday released a statement saying it would suspend ATV’s free television programme service licence on April 1.
Wingo Ng, who worked as a producer at ATV for more than a decade, said he was not surprised the station was opting for a rerun, instead of this year’s pageant or a special farewell programme, due to a shortage of staff.