Troubled broadcaster Asia Television announced its fourth staff layoff in seven months with 36 staff, including long-serving news anchors, ordered to leave the company yesterday.
The news department was the worst hit, with 26 people sacked - including reporters, editors and directors. The 10 others dismissed were from the engineering division.
Sports news anchor Wong Man-kit was among the longest-serving journalists laid off. He had worked on the desk for more than 10 years.
Other axed reporters included Joey Chiu Ya-ching, John Lau Ho-chun and Frankie Chan Kam-fan, who had served in the broadcaster's general news section for between two and five years.
All five members of a typists' team were laid off, including a staff member who had served for 18 years.
The station said 70 per cent of those sacked had served for less than five years.