It applies to three free-to-air television channels and two radio stations. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s free television and radio broadcasters must air weekly programmes that promote Chinese “national identity” as well as a national security law, according to licensing requirements announced by the government on Tuesday.
One of the provisions requires the licensed stations to “broadcast no less than 30 minutes of programmes on national education, national identity and National Security Law per week”, in addition to the hour of current affairs they are already required to air. Other changes include doubling the weekly hours of programming for young people, while halving those aimed at children to 14 hours per week.As part of a raft of recent changes, China has also revamped the city’s education system, with a curriculum that now includes teaching the national security law from kindergarten.
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