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The 2012-13 Budget Speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, in the Legislative Council at 11am tomorrow (February 1) 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 2), 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 1)
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ATV-Home and ATV-World
ATV-12 HD Channel
Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN News Channel and 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
Digital Broadcasting Corporation 1 Digital Loud
Metro Finance (FM104)
RTHK Radio 1, 3, 5, Putonghua Channel and RTHK Online
(Remarks: Simultaneous sign language interpretation of the Budget Speech will be available at HKBN Digital TV Live Information Channel, TVB-Jade, RTHK Online and the Government's Budget website.)
Live broadcast of press conference (3pm, February 1)
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ATV-Home
ATV-12 HD Channel
Cable TV Live News Channel
NOW News Channel and NOW Direct
TVB-Jade and TVB-iNews
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
Digital Broadcasting Corporation 1 Digital Loud
RTHK Radio 1, 3 and RTHK Online
Joint TV panel discussion "Budget Forum" (7pm, February 1)
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ATV-Home
Cable TV Live News Channel
NOW Business News Channel and NOW Direct
TVB-iNews
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
RTHK Radio 1 and RTHK Online
Joint radio forum "Financial Secretary's Budget Phone-in" (8am, February 2)
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Cable TV Live News Channel
HKBN Digital TV Live Information Channel
NOW Direct
TVB PAY VISION News Channel 2
Commercial Radio 1 (FM881) and its website
Digital Broadcasting Corporation 1 Digital Loud
Metro Finance (FM104)
RTHK Radio 1 and RTHK Online
Ends/Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Issued at HKT 15:42
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