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The delivery of the 2006-07 Budget Speech by the Financial Secretary, Mr Henry Tang, in the Legislative Council at 11am tomorrow (February 22) will be broadcast live on electronic media.
Following his speech in LegCo, the Financial Secretary will hold a press conference at 2pm and participate in a one-hour joint television panel discussion programme, "Budget Forum", at 7pm. Both will be broadcast on TV and radio.
Internet users can watch the broadcast of the speech and his subsequent activities live with a simple click into the Government's Budget website: http://www.budget.gov.hk.
Following is the broadcast schedule:
February 22 (Wednesday)
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Live broadcast of Budget Speech at 11am
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Channels
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ATV-Home and ATV-World
ATV 24-hour News (NOW Broadband TV)
Cable TV - Live News Channel
Cable Finance Info Channel
Phoenix Infonews Channel
TVB-Jade and TVB-Pearl
TVB News Channel
Commercial Radio AM864
Metro Finance (FM104) and Metro Plus (AM1044)
RTHK Radio 1, 3, 5 and Putonghua Channel
Live broadcast of press conference at 2pm
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ATV-Home and ATV-World
ATV 24-hour News (NOW Broadband TV)
Cable TV - Live News Channel
Phoenix Infonews Channel
TVB-Jade
RTHK Radio 1, 3 and Putonghua Channel
Joint television panel discussion: "Budget Forum"
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Channels Time
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ATV-Home 7pm (live broadcast in Nicam)
Cable Live News Channel 7pm (live broadcast in Nicam)
Cable Finance Info Channel 8.30pm (in Nicam)
TVB-Jade 7pm (live broadcast in Nicam)
RTHK Radio 1 7pm (live broadcast)
Other budget-related media programmes after the Budget Day include:
February 23 (Thursday)
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Financial Secretary to attend the following phone-in programme:
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RTHK Radio 1, 3, 5 and Putonghua Channel (8am)
Cable Live News Channel (8am)
"Financial Secretary's Budget Phone-in"
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (SFST), Mr Frederick Ma, will attend the following media programme:
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ATV-Home (7pm)
Cable Finance Info Channel (8.30pm)
RTHK's programme "LegCo Review"
February 24 (Friday)
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Financial Secretary to attend the following phone-in programme:
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Metro Finance (9am)
"Breakfast with Heung Shu Fai"
February 25 (Saturday)
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Financial Secretary to attend the following media programme:
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Commercial Radio (9am)
"Saturday Forum"
RTHK Radio 1 and TVB-Jade (7.30pm)
"FS meets the public"
People may access the Government's Budget website through more than 200 computer terminals at 82 Community Cyber Points in 18 districts.
Ends/Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:48
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