THERE is nothing like a new job to get the juices flowing freely, to renew dampened enthusiasm and invigorate jaded sensibilities.
Certainly it has done wonders for civil servant Peter Harrison, principal assistant secretary (broadcasting) with the Recreation and Culture Branch who is on his way to Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) in October for six months, as we revealed last week.
Mr Harrison is taking a holiday before starting as an assistant director (special duties), but before he departed he rang RTHK secretary Balawat Pannu asking if he could help out the station - even before he starts his new job on October 7.
Specifically Mr Harrison asked Mr Pannu if he could travel to New Zealand for the 10-day annual meeting of the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Auckland, starting October 6.
Mr Pannu told Mr Harrison that if he wanted to go, he would have to pursue his interest with RTHK director of broadcasting Cheung Man-yee.
Strangely enough Mr Harrison did not follow up his call, and in the meantime it was decided Ms Cheung and the head of RTHK's radio division, Raymond Ng, should go to Auckland along with an as-yet-unnamed person.
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