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Live broadcast of Budget Speech delivery on electronic media
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     The 2009-10 Budget Speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, in the Legislative Council at 11am tomorrow (February 25) will be broadcast live on the electronic media.

     Following his speech in Legco, the Financial Secretary will hold a press conference at 3pm and participate in a one-hour joint television panel discussion programme, "Budget Forum", at 7pm. Both will be broadcast on TV and radio.

     On Thursday (February 26), the Financial Secretary will attend a joint radio phone-in programme at 8am to answer Budget questions from members of the public.

     Internet users can also watch the live broadcast of the Financial Secretary delivering the Budget speech and his subsequent itinerary with a simple click into the Government's Budget website (www.budget.gov.hk).

     Following is the broadcast schedule:

Live broadcast of Budget Speech (11am, February 25)
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ATV-Home & ATV-World
ATV 24-hour News
Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN News Channel & Digital TV Live Information Channel
now BNC, now NNC & now Direct
TVB-Jade & TVB-Pearl
TVB Payvision
TVB i-News
Commercial Radio AM864 and its website
Metro Finance (FM104)
RTHK Radio 1, 3, 5, Putonghua Channel & RTHK Online

Live broadcast of press conference (3pm, February 25)
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ATV-Home
ATV 24-hour News
Cable TV Live News Channel
now BNC, now NNC & now Direct
TVB-Jade
TVB Payvision
TVB i-News
RTHK Radio 1, 3 & RTHK Online
Commercial Radio website

Joint TV panel discussion: "Budget Forum" (7pm, February 25)
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Cable TV Live News Channel
now BNC & now Direct
TVB-Jade
TVB Payvision
TVB i-News
RTHK Radio 1 & RTHK Online
ATV-Home
ATV 24-hour News

Financial Secretary's Phone-in programme (8am, February 26)
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Commercial Radio 1 (FM881) and its website
RTHK Radio 1 & RTHK Online
Metro Finance (FM104)
Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN News Channel & Digital TV Live Information Channel
now Direct
TVB Payvision

Ends/Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Issued at HKT 14:48

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