[Swprograms] VOA move to Hong Kong

[SaulBro@xxxxxxx]

Don't think this was posted before, hope it will be of interest.
Saul Broudy


http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0405/041305h1.htm


SHANE HARRIS, GOV EXEC - Voice of America, the international 
broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government, is shutting down the 
overnight 
shift of its central news division in Washington and replacing it with a new
workforce in Hong Kong, which will be comprised partly of contractors. 
. .
VOA employees are reacting "with anger," said one news division 
staffer, who asked not to be identified. Of the 10 employees who will now 
have to 
adjust to lower pay and different hours, the staffer said, "They feel like 
their world has been turned upside down.". . .

Moving a decades-old and renowned institution such as VOA to a country 
with no history of a free press and a state-run media is likely to raise
questions. "The irony of transferring our operation to a communist 
country is not lost on anyone," the staffer said.   [snipped]

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