MONTHLY REPORT-- HONG KONG BUREAU--OCTOBER 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: 3
• Publication Date: November 1, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report -- Hong Kong Bureau
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Chief, Operations Group
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October 1987
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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
HONG KONG BUREAU
FBIS-3600-87
1 November 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FROM : Chief, Hong Kong Bureau
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Hong Kong Bureau--October 1987
1. On 2 November the Philippine remote become operational on
a limited basis. The Bureau can now clearly receive and
remotely tune to AM radios in the Manila area. It can also
receive one FM station via the dedicated telephone line. The
remote will become fully operational when the Philippine
applicant now in processing enters on duty in late November/early
December.
Okinawa regional engineer and Hong Kong STAT
bureau chief TDY'ed to Manila the last week in October to install
equipment and antennas. The bureau chief also interviewed
several applicants for the local contract position. Two strong
candidates were identified and one was put into processing.
2. On Sunday, 25 October, Hong Kong inc'eased staffing in
the editorial, Chinese, and teletype sections and extended Bureau
operations 4 hours to assist Okinawa Bureau in coverage of the
opening of the 13th National Chinese Communist Party Congress.
Okinawa, as the bureau with primary responsibility, provided the
FYI's on the opening 2-hour and 31-minute speech by acting party
General Secretary and Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang and determined
processing plans. .Hong Kong played its part by processing the
last 86 minutes of the Zhao speech. The BBC expressed "high
praise" for the "'extremely fast' processing by both bureaus" of
the speech.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1 . The Bureau conducted a formal 1-week comparison of
the XINHUA English file it receives via landline and the RTT
service Okinawa Bureau monitors. The comparison revealed two
important differences: Hong Kong generally receives XINHUA items
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before Okinawa and the file received in Hong Kong does carry some
unique Hong Kong-sourced materials. With the concurrence of
C/MOD, Hong Kong now covers this service for immediate and flash
materials as well as the unique Hong Kong-sourced items. Items
unique to the Bureau's file will bear the sourceline "Hong Kong
XINHUA in English" while the items common to the two services
will use the standard "Beijing XINHUA in English" sourceline.
2. In response to a request from C/MOD, London and Hong
Kong bureaus considered the question of which bureau could better
backstop Okinawa's primary coverage of the XINHUA English
service. Hong Kong pointed out that at this time it has neither
the staff nor the mechanical ability to play a good, sound
backstopping role, but that it will assume backstopping
responsibilities whenever London Bureau's reception is
unmonitorable. London agreed to remain the primary backstop
bureau.
3. At the end of September and in early October during
the demonstrations and riots in Tibet, the Bureau supplemented
its regular coverage of the 1130 GMT Lhasa Xizang Regional
Service by placing the 0100, 0610, and 1430 GMT newscasts on ad
hoc coverage. The Bureau thus was able to provide better service
to consumers interested in the disturbances.
4. On the night of the 6th, the Bureau extended
operations 3 hours to monitor events in the Philippines following
news agency reports that another coup was about to be staged.
After ascertaining that the situation appeared normal, the Bureau
closed with the Wire's concurrence and reopened early the next
morning to take the first Manila radio newscast live. The
Philippines appears to be assuming a Bolivian atmosphere, with a
new coup, coup plan, or aborted coup reported virtually every
other day.
B. Lateral Services
1. After receiving an immediate request from the
Consulate in Guangzhou on the 22d, the Bureau filed several radio
reports on the unexpected appearance of Premier Zhao Ziyang with
other leading party and state officials at an ashes internment
ceremony in Guangzhou for the late Ye Jianying. Zhao's
appearance at a ceremony for antireformist and military leader
Ye, coming so close before the opening of the party congress, was
seen by many as an attempt by Zhao to gain military support for
his reforms.
2. At the request of USIS officer Dan Sreebny, the
London Press Monitoring Unit processed and filed an IZVESTIYA
article critical of an article in the FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW
on Taiwan defense issues. Sreebny sent London/PMU a thank-you
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message in which he said that "the assistance from London Bureau
enabled us to provide a special service to an important media
contact."
C. Technical
1. In preparation for the start-up of the Manila
remote operation, the technical staff completed installation and
testing of the Hong Kong to Manila equipment at the Bureau.
2. At mid-month, the Bureau pouched and air freighted
the following equipment to Manila for the remote operation:
a) One Sony ICF-2001D receiver s/n 76491.
b) One Penril 1800 DED modem s/n 2090.
c) One Control Data TRG SU.1-30-50 antenna multicoupler
s/n 016
d) One JVC C-140HM color TV s/n15170267
e) One Sharp VC699E video recorder s/n 324458
f) Two Watkins Johnson WJ-8718 receivers s/n 3054, 3060
g) Four National RQ2732 recoders s/n 6BBPD22677,
6BBPD22673, 6BBPD22724, 6BBPD22735.
3. The Bureau received from Headquarters a replacement
spare Emerson UPS for the LAN. When it was bench-tested, it was
found that it did not operate, but after further investigation it
was found that only a wire was loose.
A. Personnel
1. The Bureau has begun EOD processing for an
additional Philippine monitor candidate. Owing to Hong Kong
Government immigration rules and regulations, we do not expect
her to join the Bureau until just after the new year.
2. Processing for the two Chinese monitor applicants is
continuing. One monitor is scheduled to EOD in mid-November.
B. Building and Grounds
The new modular furniture for the large Chinese
monitors' work area on the 14th floor was fabricated and put in
place the weekend of 24-25 October. However, this project will
not be completed until mid-November after the new partitions
arrive and are set up.
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1. TDY'ed to Manila 27-31 October to oversee
installation of the remote operation and to interview and hire a
contractor.
2. _ land wife visited the Bureau 1 and 2
October while on a private visit to Hong Kong.
Chief, FBIS Hong Kong Bureau
Attachment and 4 - HQs
cc: 1 - C/Bangkok
1 - C/Okinawa
1 - C/Seoul
STAT
STAT
STAT
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HONG KONG BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1987
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
1211420
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
75740
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
1698
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CHINA
BEIJING DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
15170
BEIJING INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN
TAGALOG
4260
CHANGSHA HUNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
6450
CHENGDU SICHUAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
4410
GUANGZHOU GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
5770
GUIYANG GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
1040
HAIKOU HAINAN ISLAND SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
3010
KUNMING YUNNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
1500
LANZHOU GANSU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
1870
LHASA XIZANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
24540
NANNING GUANGXI REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
4240
TAIYUAN SHANXI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
1080
URUMQI XINJIANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
3080
WUHAN HUBEI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
7970
XIAN SHAANXI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
5200
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XINING QINGHAI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
YINCHUAN NINGXIA REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
ZHENGZHOU HENAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
BEIJING XINHUA IN
ENGLISH
BEIJING XINHUA HONG KONG SERVICE IN
CHINESE
BEIJING BAN YUE TAN IN
CHINESE
BEIJING CHINA DAILY IN
ENGLISH
BEIJING GONGREN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING GUANGMING RIBAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING GUOJI SHANGBAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING GUOJI VENTI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
BEIJING HONGQI IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JIEFANGJUN BAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JINGJI CANKAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JINGJI GUANLI IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JINGJI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JINGJI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
BEIJING JINGJIXUE ZHOUBAO IN
CHINESE
BEIJING LIAOWANG IN
CHINESE
BEIJING LILUN YUEKAN IN
CHINESE
BEIJING LISHI YANJIU IN
CHINESE
BEIJING NONGMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
14620
69600
0
44320
0
11840
68980
60980
0
46270
20600
32930
960
10790
22630
10280
4260
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BEIJING RENMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
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 YANGCHENG WANBAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG LIAOWANG OVERSEAS EDITION IN
CHINESE
KUNMING YUNNAN RIBAO IN
CHINESE
SHANGHAI SHIJIB JINGJI DAOBAO IN
CHINESE
TAIYUAN SHANXI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
WUHAN CHANGJIANG RIBAO IN
CHINESE
106510
3270
0
3360
0
35090
0
13330
1520
0
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WUHAN HUBEI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
XIAN SHAANXI RIBAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG
HONG KONG COMMERCIAL RADIO IN
ENGLISH 930
HONG KONG ASIA TELEVISION LIMITED IN
ENGLISH 1020
HONG KONG AFP IN
ENGLISH 81060
HONG KONG XINHUA IN
ENGLISH 5350
HONG KONG ZHONGGUO TONGXUN SHE IN
CHINESE 8910
HONG KONG ZHONGGUO XINWEN SHE IN
CHINESE 30550
HONG KONG ASIA WEEK IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG CHANWANG IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG CHENG MING IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG CHING PAO IN
CHINESE
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 HHING IN
CHINESE
12140
4980
11760
35820
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HONG KONG SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST IN
ENGLISH
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 6650
LAOAG CITY NATION BROADCASTING COMPANY CORP. STATION DWRI IN
ILOCANO 0
MANILA FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY IN
ENGLISH 26550
MANILA RADIO VERITAS IN
TAGALOG 14530
QUEZON CITY RADYO NG BAYAN IN
TAGALOG 0
QUEZON CITY SPORTS RADIO 738 IN
ENGLISH 8430
DAVAO CITY THE MINDANAO DAILY MIRROR IN
ENGLISH
DAVAO CITY THE MINDANAO MIRROR-BULLETIN IN
ENGLISH
MANILA BUSINESS STAR IN
ENGLISH
MANILA MANILA BULLETIN IN
ENGLISH
MANILA PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER IN
ENGLISH
72060
7540
3950
3640
3750
6290
7060
64970
43870
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MANILA THE MANILA CHRONICLE IN
ENGLISH
22740
MANILA THE NEW PHILIPPINES DAILY EXPRESS IN
ENGLISH
0
MANILA THE NEW PHILIPPINES SUNDAY EXPRESS IN
ENGLISH
0
MANILA THE PHILIPPINES STAR IN
ENGLISH
8350
MANILA THE SUNDAY TIMES IN
ENGLISH
0
QUEZON CITY MALAYA IN
ENGLISH
19020
QUEZON CITY WE FORUM IN
ENGLISH
0
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