Hong Kong media must ’embrace’ new laws: public broadcaster told


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By Eryk Bagshaw June 10, 2020 — 5.06pm Hong Kong’s public broadcaster has been urged by its chairman to present controversial new national security laws in a positive light as China increases its control over the semi-autonomous territory. The city is now battling with questions over its judicial, corporate and media freedom as Beijing imposes new laws that will establish new intelligence agencies and punish dissent. Radio Television Hong Kong chairman Eugene Chan Kin-keung told reporters on Wednesday the media should embrace the new laws. A man has lunch as the Chinese national anthem is broadcast live while a reading...