Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK faces office crunch after receiving notice to vacate Education Bureau building within months
- Broadcaster notified on Tuesday that it had until September to hand back the Education Television Centre in Kowloon Tong
- Station will need time to move more than 90 staff working in the centre to other offices, spokeswoman says
Scores of RTHK employees face being thrown out of their offices within months, after the government told Hong Kong’s public broadcaster to vacate one of its buildings.
The Education Bureau notified RTHK on Tuesday that it had until September to hand back the Education Television Centre in Kowloon Tong. The station no longer produced the bureau’s educational programmes, it said.
Amen Ng Man-yee, head of corporate communications and standards at RTHK, said the bureau’s decision was “a bit hasty” as the station would need time to move more than 90 staff working in the centre to other offices. A new home also had to be found for equipment.
Management of the government-funded broadcaster held a meeting on the issue on Wednesday.
Asked if the eviction notice came as a shock to bosses, Ng said: “I don’t think ‘shocked’ is the right word. But it is really very short notice.”
