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The Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa's Lunar New Year message will be broadcast tomorrow (Friday) and repeated on Saturday (February 5) on the electronic media as scheduled below:

Television station   Date               Time

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TVB-Jade            Feb 4 (Friday)      5.45 pm

                    Feb 5 (Saturday)    1.15 pm



TVB-Pearl           Feb 4 (Friday)      7.20 pm

                    Feb 5 (Saturday)    11.10 am



ATV-Home            Feb 4 (Friday)      6.55 pm

                    Feb 5 (Saturday)    2.35 am &

                                       11.20 am



ATV-World           Feb 4 (Friday)      8 pm

                    Feb 5 (Saturday)    Noon



Wharf Cable         Feb 4 (Friday)      8 pm, 8.30 pm,

(Channel 9)                             10 pm, 10.30 pm

                                        & midnight

                    Feb 5 (Saturday)    1 am



Phoenix Chinese     Feb 4 (Friday)      7.25 pm

Channel             Feb 5 (Saturday)    1.30 am


Radio station        Date               Time

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Metro FM Select     Feb 4 (Friday)      5.30 pm



Metro Hit Radio     Feb 4 (Friday)      6 pm



Commercial Radio-1  Feb 4 (Friday)      6 pm



Commercial Radio-2  Feb 4 (Friday)      6 pm



RTHK-1              Feb 4 (Friday)      5.30 pm

Members of the public can also have sight of the Lunar New Year message on the Chief Executive's Office website, at http://www.info.gov.hk/ce (Chinese) and http://www.info.gov.hk/ce/eindex.htm (English); or on RTHK's website, at http://www.rthk.org.hk ; from 6 pm on February 4 (Friday).

End/Thursday, February 3, 2000

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