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The 2011-12 Budget Speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, in the Legislative Council at 11am tomorrow (February 23) will be broadcast live by the electronic media.
Following his speech in the Legislative Council, 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 24), 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 on the Government's Budget website (www.budget.gov.hk).
Following is the broadcast schedule:
Live broadcast of Budget Speech (11am, February 23)
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ATV-Home & ATV-World
ATV-12 HD Channel
Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN News Channel & Digital TV Live Information Channel
now News Channel, now Direct, and now Business News Channel
TVB-Jade, TVB-Pearl and TVB-iNews
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
Commercial Radio AM864 and its website
Metro Finance (FM104)
RTHK Radio 1, 3, 5, Putonghua Channel & RTHK Online
( Remarks: Simultaneous sign language interpretation of the Budget Speech will be available at ATV-World, HKBN Digital TV Live Information Channel, TVB-Jade, TVB-Pearl, TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2, RTHK Online and the Government's Budget website.)
Live broadcast of press conference (3pm, February 23)
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ATV-Home
ATV-12 HD Channel
Cable TV Live News Channel
now News Channel & now Direct
TVB-Jade
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
RTHK Radio 1, 3 & RTHK Online
Joint TV panel discussion "Budget Forum" (7pm, February 23)
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ATV-Home
Cable TV Live News Channel
now Business News Channel & now Direct
TVB-Jade
TVB-HD Jade
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
RTHK Radio 1 & RTHK Online
Joint radio forum "Financial Secretary's Budget Phone-in" (8am, February 24)
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Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN Digital TV Live Information Channel
now Direct
Commercial Radio 1 (FM881) and its website
Metro Finance (FM104)
RTHK Radio 1 & RTHK Online
Ends/Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Issued at HKT 14:35
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