WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2002
China sets up FM, MW radio stations in Tibet
PTI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2002
BEIJING: China has spent over $12 million to set up more than 70 radio stations in Tibet in an effort to boost development and maintain social stability in the remote Himalayan region, a report said on Wednesday.
The programme, which costs the Chinese central government nearly $10 million has so far helped set up 75 Frequency Modulation (FM) radio stations at county level and renovated 14 Medium Wave (MW) stations, each with emissivity over one kilowatt.
The regional government has also spent $2.4 million in renovating six medium wave stations and training 290 staff, official Xinhua news agency reported.
The overall emission capacity in Tibet has reached 4,000 kilowatts compared with 2,500 kilowatt a year ago.
As a result of this endeavour, radio stations have extended their Tibetan language broadcast time from nine hours a day to 17 hours.
"The move is building an 'air bridge' that keeps a closer tie between the government and the people, and spreads more advanced culture and modern science among the Tibetans," Secretary of the ruling Communist party of China (CPC) in Tibet Guo Jinlong said.
Last week, Chinese president and CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin had asked concerned ministries local governments in the western and north-western parts of China to increase the range of the official radio and television networks so as to maintain stability and hasten developmental activities in remote places like Tibet and Xinjiang.
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