New boss at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK confirms he pulled plug on several episodes of shows and vows to take more visible management approach
- Patrick Li says he will ask programme staff to submit plans ahead of production to make sure station’s governing charter is being strictly observed
- New director of broadcasting tells lawmakers editorial management is the most important area he needs to deal with
The new head of Hong Kong’s trouble-plagued RTHK confirmed on Monday he had ordered the axing of several television-show episodes he deemed unbalanced and vowed to make his leadership role more visible over future programme production.
Bureaucrat Patrick Li Pak-chuen, who took the helm at RTHK on March 1, also said he would ask staff to submit ideas and plans for shows ahead of production to make sure the station’s governing charter was being strictly observed.
“As the editor-in-chief of RTHK, I shall be responsible for the editorial decisions of all RTHK programmes. It is my basic responsibility,” Li told a meeting of the Legislative Council’s information technology and broadcasting panel.
“Regarding editorial management, I think it is the most important area I need to deal with. First, it is the role for me and my management team to lead the department. In the past, such a role was not very much visible. Now we shall perform the role more visibly.”
