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The Pulse
監製 Executive Producer： Gary Pollard |
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RTHK's English-language current affairs programme that takes "The Pulse" of Hong Kong ... and the world around it.
"The Pulse" is presented by locally and internationally known journalist and writer Steve Vines.
Its focus? The latest events and trends that affect Hong Kong - from the corridors of power and business boardrooms, to the streets and dai pai dongs.
"The Pulse" is politics. What's happening in the Legislative Council and on the streets right now.
"The Pulse" is the media, informing us how well or badly our press and broadcast organisations diagnose and reflect the society around us.
"The Pulse" is insightful, in-depth reports and interviews on current issues - examining those issues in depth, looking behind and beyond the news.
Its focus is on the timely. The Now.
Keep your eye ... and your finger ... on "The Pulse".
If you want to discuss anything you've seen in "The Pulse", or anything in the public eye right now, or just to talk about the show, why not join in the debate on our English-language discussion board in the "Discussion Zone"?
The programme is aired every Friday evening on ATV World at 18:55, and on TVB Pearl at 01:00.
Initial webcast: Friday HKT 2100 - 2130
Archive available 15 minutes after live webcast.
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2008-05-16
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網上直播完畢稍後提供節目重溫
Archive available later after live webcast.
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The Sichuan Earthquake (1) The Hong Kong Response; (2) Discussion - Geological and Political Factors; (3) Controlling Public Response; BBC World News - A Discussion with Editorial Director Sian Kevill
The bulk of this week's The Pulse" inevitably focuses on the Sichuan earthquake. The human cost is horrifying. According to China's state television, the final death toll will likely top 50,000. Hopes of rescuing further survivors dwindle by the hour. In Beichuan county near the epicentre, the devastation is immense. "The whole county has been destroyed. Basically there is no Beichuan county anymore," said one official working for relief agencies yesterday. Four million homes across the area have been destroyed. More than 130,000 soldiers and police have joined the relief operation, according to Xinhua News Agency. In Hong Kong, people are doing what they can to help.
With us in the studio to discuss the geological factors that led to the Sichuan quake, and the political reverberations from it, are Professor Jonathan Aitchison of the Department of Earth Sciences at Hong Kong University, and Professor Joseph Cheng of the City University.
The news of the earthquake in Sichuan spread quickly across the internet, where initial expressions of grief and shock, gave way – in some cases – to anger and questions. This anger surfaced more quickly in mainland China than elsewhere. The Party's central propaganda unit has since been guiding the mainstream media to put a positive spin on things and direct public opinion. But the internet has proved harder to control.
Finally, one of the places many are going to be turning for news of the earthquake, unhindered – one hopes – by government directives to be positive - is BBC World News. The organisation is currently undergoing something of a revamp. With us in the studio is the Editorial Director of BBC World News, Sian Kevill. who discusses whether BBC really reflects the world, or a Eurocentric view of it.
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