MONTHLY REPORT--HONG KONG BUREAU-- SEPTEMBER 1987

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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 1, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
HONG KONG BUREAU
MHK-7018
1 October 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FROM Chief, Hong Kong Bureau
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Hong Kong Bureau--September 1987
1. The arrival of Ambassador Platt in the Philippines was
instrumental in launching the long-pending remote project. Following
his approval of the project, the bureau chief TDYed to Manila 15-19
September to lay the groundwork for establishing the remote. Space
was found, furniture ordered, telephone lines, including one
dedicated between the Bureau and Manila, requested and the process
for hiring a local foreign national contractor started. A 10 ft. by
20 ft. room was secured on the 4th floor of the Annex. Some
renovation work is needed, such as constructing a partition. Work
was contracted with completion scheduled for the end of October.
Permission was granted to erect long-wire and TV antennas on the
Annex roof. Personnel/Manila, on our behalf, will advertise for a
part-time local contractor. They will do a preliminary selection and
set up interviews for late October. If all goes well, the contractor
should be on board in late November. An FY-88 FAAS agreement for
embassy support for the remote was signed; charges will be nominal.
2. If the room construction, phone installation, and
applicant search remain on track, the bureau chief and regional
engineer will TDY to Manila in late October to complete equipment
installion and put the remote into operation. Equipment for the
remote will include radio receivers, a TV monitor and VCR, and a
facsimile terminal, giving the Bureau greater flexiblity in covering
the Philippines.
3. Hand in hand with the remote operation, the Bureau is
advertising for a third full-time Philippine monitor. We have
received several good applications and expect to have the monitor on
board about the time the remote is operational.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. In coordination with Okinawa Bureau, Hong Kong has
begun covering the landline XINHUA in English service for immediate
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and above reportage. This new procedure was implemented when it was
realized that an immediate item on the resumption of PRC-USSR talks
was carried on the XINHUA English service received at Hong Kong hours
before it was received at Okinawa Bureau. Hong Kong Bureau is
conducting a thorough comparison of the RTT and landline services
Okinawa and Hong Kong Bureaus, respectively, receive and will be
filing the results to MOD.
2. Before the Bureau breakthrough on the Philippine
remote operation, it tested receiving phone-patches from Bangkok
Bureau of materials monitored via its ROSET, with a particular eye
toward Tagalog materials that Bangkok does not have the capability to
translate. The test proved successful. This capability will allow
for greater flexibility, and in the future speeches such as President
Aquino gave after the coup attempt during which she spoke in Tagalog
can be processed.
3. The Bureau has added to its coverage the Manila
economic daily BUSINESS STAR in English. Initial indication is that
it has a good insight into Philippine economic affairs and will help
round off coverage in this area after the demise of BUSINESS DAY.
B. Lateral Services
At the request of Shenyang Consul General-designate Gene
Dorris, the bureau began pouching one copy of our incoming/outgoing
traffic on China to the Shenyang Consulate on 15 September. The
bureau and Dorris, an avid user of FBIS products while stationed in
Hong Kong, agreed this would be the best approach given the limited
communications for Shenyang.
C. Technical
1. Preparation and modification of equipment for the
Manila remote operation is almost completed. A 6-ft. rack has been
purchased and wired. A Penril DED 1800 modem was modified to include
an alarm which will act as a call alert to the remote and as a
detector for link continuity on the dedicated line. The equipment is
due to be shipped in mid-October to Manila.
2. The Bureau project to reroute the microwave link
between the antenna field and the office awaits shipping information
on the two repeater antennas. The Bureau is still able to use its
existing microwave link due to a slow down in construction of the
hotel/office complex which will block the link.
A. Personnel
1. Headquarters approved a pay adjustment for the foreign
nationals during the month. The adjustment is retroactive to 26
April with varying percentage increases among grade levels. The
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increases, based on State Department adjustments, were not as great
as the employees wished.
2. With the resignation of one teletypist and the impact
of FBA-1 on the commo unit's workload, the bureau proposed and
headquarters approved the conversion of the teletype position to a
Philippine monitor one. The applicant search is underway with
interviews and testing.
3. Processing of applicants for the two Chinese monitor
vacancies, one in August and the other at the end of September,
continue.
4. Chinese monitor
resigned 30 September and
STAT
STAT
teletypist on 26 September.
5. Chinese monitor) )increased the bureau's
famil b one when she became the mother of a baby girl named
B. Building and Grounds
1. The bureau underwent its periodic security survey this
month. No recommendations other than on the proposed upgrade of the
vault were received.
2. Installation of additional airconditioning in the
Commo Room completed the Bureau's upgrade of its facilities in
support of the FBA-1 computers.
3. Yearend funds were used to purchase the remaining
units needed to complete the modular furniture in the large Chinese
monitors area on the 14th Floor.
A. To the Bureau
STAT
STAT
Admin FNU, for orientation and discussions, STAT
3-5 September; RSO, for survey and discussions on 9 STAT
September; FBIS regional engineer, for periodic visit STAT
and briefing, 9-11 September; NEAD, for orientation and STAT
briefing, 23-24 September; and Tokyo, for STAT
consulations on 30 September..
B. From the Bureau
to Manila for discussions 15-19 September.
Chief, FBIS Hong Kong Bureau
STAT
STAT
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HONG KONG BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1987
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 1087470
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 81610
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1708
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
CHINA
BEIJING INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN
TAGALOG 2980
CHANGSHA HUNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 7160
CHENGDU SICHUAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 4940
GUANGZHOU GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 5970
GUIYANG GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 2280
HAIKOU HAINAN ISLAND SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 1520
KUNMING YUNNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 1780
LANZHOU GANSU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 4550
LHASA XIZANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 6450
NANNING GUANGXI REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 5570
TAIYUAN SHANXI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 4280
URUMQI XINJIANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 3680
WUHAN HUBEI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 11360
XIAN SHAANXI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 9020
XINING QINGHAI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN 2620
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YINCHUAN NIJGXIA REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
ZHENGZHOU HENAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
BEIJING XINHUA HONG KONG SERVICE IN
CHINESE
BEIJING BAN YUE TAN IN
CHINESE
14220
BEIJING CHINA DAILY IN
ENGLISH
66520
BEIJING GONGREN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
10450
BEIJING GUANGMING RIBAO IN
CHINESE
46180
BEIJING GUOJI SHANGBAO IN
CHINESE
2590
BEIJING GUOJI WENTI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
0
BEIJING HONGQI IN
CHINESE
45480
BEIJING JIEFANGJUN BAO IN
CHINESE
47750
BEIJING JINGJI CANKAO IN
CHINESE
5940
BEIJING JINGJI GUANLI IN
CHINESE
8180
BEIJING JINGJI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
12440
BEIJING JINGJI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
25440
BEIJING JINGJIXUE ZHOUBAO IN
CHINESE
0
BEIJING LIAOWANG IN
CHINESE
12240
BEIJING LILJN YUEKAN IN
CHINESE
53100
BEIJING LISHI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
0
BEIJING NONGMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
10890
BEIJING QUNYAN IN
CHINESE
6490
BEIJING RENMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
88600
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BEIJING RENMIN RIBAO OVERSEAS EDITION IN
CHINESE
BEIJING SHIJIE JINGJI IN
CHINESE
BEIJING SHIJIE LISHI IN
CHINESE
BEIJING SHIJIE ZHISHI IN
CHINESE
BEIJING WENYI BAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING WENZHAI BAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING XINWEN ZHANXIAN IN
CHINESE
BEIJING ZHEXUE YANJIU IN
CHINESE
BEIJING ZHONGGUO FAZHI BAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING ZHONGGUO JINGJI TIZHI GAIGE IN
CHINESE
BEIJING ZHONGGUO QINGNIAN BAO IN
CHINESE
CHENGDU SICHUAN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
CHONGQING CHONGQING RIBAO IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHOU KAIFANG IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHOU NANFANG RIBAO IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHOU YyNGCHENG WANBAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG LIAOWANG OVERSEAS EDITION IN
CHINESE
KUNMING YUNNAN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
SHANGHAI SHIJIE JINGJI DAOBAO IN
CHINESE
TAIYUAN SHANXI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
WUHAN CHANGJIANG RIBAO IN
CHINESE
WUHAN HUBEI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
1490
0
12270
2420
14690
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XIAN SHAANXI RIBAO IN
CHINESE 10040
HONG KONG
HONG KONG COMMERCIAL RADIO IN
ENGLISH 560
HONG KONG DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH 0
HONG KONG ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED IN
ENGLISH 640
HONG KONG AFP IN
ENGLISH 73850
HONG KONG ZHONGGUO TONGXUN SHE IN
CHINESE 14200
HONG KONG ZHONGGUO XINWEN SHE IN
CHINESE 44780
HONG KONG ASIAWEEK IN
ENGLISH 8930
HONG KONG CHANWANG IN
CHINESE 0
HONG KONG CHENG MING IN
CHINESE 11200
HONG KONG CHING PAO IN
CHINESE 0
HONG KONG CHIUSHIH NIENTAI IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG HONGKONG STANDARD IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG HSIN WAN PAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG KUANG CHIAO CHING IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG MING PAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG PAI HSING IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST IN
ENGLISH
0
5430
20260
230
3180
2470
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HONG KONG SOUTH CHINA SUNDAY MORNING POST IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG SUNDAY STANDARD IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG TA KUNG PAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG TA KUNG PAO IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG WEN WEI PO IN
CHINESE
PHILIPPINES
BAGUIO CITY MOUNTAIN PROVINCE BROADCSTING COMPANY IN
ENGLISH
10220
LAOAG CITY NATION BROADCASTING COMPANY CORP.
STATION DWRI IN
ILOCANO
0
MANILA FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY IN
ENGLISH
22890
MANILA FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY IN
TAGALOG
190
MANILA RADIO VERITAS IN
TAGALOG
20350
QUEZON CITY RADYO NG BAYAN IN
TAGALOG
0
QUEZON CITi SPORTS RADIO 738 IN
ENGLISH
8530
DAVAO CITY THE MINDANAO DAILY MIRROR IN
ENGLISH
MANILA BUSINESS STAR IN
ENGLISH
MANILA MANILA BULLETIN IN
ENGLISH
48080
MANILA PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER IN
ENGLISH
49230
MANILA THE MANILA CHRONICLE IN
ENGLISH
8060
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MANILA THE MANILA TIMES IN
ENGLISH
MANILA THE NEW PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS IN
ENGLISH
MANILA THE NEW PHILIPPINES SUNDAY EXPRESS IN
ENGLISH
MANILA THE PHILIPPINES STAR IN
ENGLISH
3130
MANILA THE SUNDAY TIMES IN
ENGLISH
0
QUEZON CITY MALAYA IN
ENGLISH
20280
QUEZON CITY WE FORUM IN
ENGLISH
0
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