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P R O G R A M M E BERNAMA - AMIC SEMINAR "COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES IN ASIA" organised by Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA) and Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) November 21-22, 1985 at BERNAMA, 28, Dalan 1/65A, Off Oalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.»
I Wednesday, November 20: 8.00 p.m. OPENING CEREMONY o Venue: Ming Court Hotel, dalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Inauguration by Minister of Information Datuk Rais Yatim. Remarks by": - BERNAMA - AMIC o Opening Address: - Datuk Rais Yatim 8A5 p.m. BERNAMA - AMIC DINNER (Ming Court Hotel)
? Thursday, November 21: Working Sessions Venue: Conference Room, 2nd Floor, BERNAMA Hqrs., 28, Oalan 1/65A, Off Oalan Tun Razak. 9.00-9.30 a.m. Registration of Participants 9.30-10.00 a.m. SESSION I Chairman: V.J. Menon (AMIC) Keynote address: - Mr. Neville Oayaweera (WACC London) 10.00-10.15 a.m. TEA 10.15-11.30 a.m. CULTURAL INTEGRITY FREE/AND BALANCED INFORMATION FLOWS. MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TERMS OR PARTS OF THE SAME THING. - Mr. Mochtar Lubis, Indonesia.
3 Thursday, November 21 (Contd): o 11.30-12.45 p.m. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLURALITY AND DIVERSITY OF SOURCES AND OUTLETS FOR THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS IN ASIAN SOCIETIES. Mr. T.3.S. George, Editorial Director, Asiaweek, Hong Kong. 12.45-1.30 p.m. LUNCH - 2.00-3.15 p.m. SESSION II Chairman: Mochtar Lubis o SOME PROBLEMS OF NEWS GATHERING AND NEWS DISSEMINATION IN COUNTRIES OF ASIA. - Mr. Ahmad Mustapha Hassan, General Manager, BERNAMA, Malaysia.
k Thursday, November 21 (Contd); 3.15-3.45 p.m. TEA 3.45-5.00 p.m. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE T>, DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENEOUS ASIAN CULTURES. - Dr. Anura Goonesekera, Director-General, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Friday, November 22: 9.30-10.45 a.m. SESSION III Chairman : Ahmad Mustapha Hassan IS DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION THE SAME AS COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT? - Dr. Nora Quebral, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, Philippines. 10.45-11.45 a.m. TEA 11.15-12.30 p.m. ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNICATION AS BASIC NECESSITIES FOR THE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE OF ASIAN SOCIETIES. - Mr. Vijay Menon, Secretary - General, AMIC, Singapore.
6 Friday, November 22 (Contd): 12.30-2.30 p.m. LUNCH 2.30-3.15 p.m. SESSION IV Chairman : T.3.S. George WHAT MUST ASIAN COMMUNICATORS BE ASLE TO DO? UNDERLYING VALUE CONCEPTS IN TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN ASIA. - Dr. Y.V. lakshamana Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India. 3.15-3.30 p.m. TEA 3.30-4.15 p.m. ' DOES RESPONSIBLE REPORTING LIMIT THE CONCEPT OF JOURNALISTIC AUTONOMY? - Mr. Suthichai Yoon, The Nation Review, Bangkok, Thailand.
7 Friday, November 22 (Contd): i 4.15-4.30 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS ' SUMMING UP BY: Mr. Neville Oayaweera, Director of Research and Planning, WACC, London. a-*************-******* 0
y \ BERNAMA - AMIC SEMINAR ON COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES IN ASIA NOVEMBFR 21-22 1985 KUALA LUMPUR PARTICIPANTS 1. Mr. C. C. Liew Sin Chew Jit Poh 2. Tuan Haji Samad Ismail New Straits Times 3. Encik Ahmad Sebi Abu Bakar Berita Harian A. Encik Mazlan Nordin Utusan Melayu (M) Sdn. Bhd. 5. Puan Adibah Amin ERA 6. Encik Baharuddin Zainal ERA 7. Encik S. M. Ali UNESCO 8. Encik Salleh Pateh Akhir RTM 9. Mr. Juergen Dauth Petaling Jaya 10. Mr. P. C. Shivadas New Straits Times '' Tuan Haji Hashim Hassan Malaysian Press Institute 12. Mr. Felix Abisheganadan Eric White Associates 13. Encik Amin Omar Business Times 14. Mr. Neville Jayaweera Research & Planning World Association for Christian Communication London../2
15. Mr. T.J.S. George Asia Week Hongkong 16. Mr. Y.V. Lakshmana Rao Indian Institute of Mass Communication India 17. Mr. Mochtar Lubis Indonesia 18. Mr. Ahmad Mustapha Hassan BERNAMA 19. Mr. Ahmad Rejal Arbee BERNAMA 20. Mr. S. N. Rajan BERNAMA 21. Mr. Abdul Rahman Sulaiman BERNAMA 22. Dr. Nora Quebral University of the Philippines at Los Banos Philippines 23. Dr. Anura Goonesekera Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Sri Lanka 24. Mr. Suthichai Yoon Bangkok Thailand 25. Mr. Vijay Menon Asian Mass Communication Singapore 26. Dr. Harald von Gottberg AMIC 27. Dato' Prof. Hajjah Asmah bte Hj. Omar Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur 28. Mr. Mohd Hamdan Adnan Institut Teknologi MARA Shah Alam 29. Mr. Sankaran Ramanathan Senior Lecturer Institut Teknologi MARA Shah Alam 30. Puan Asiah Sarji Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi 2
3 31. Encik Safar Hasim Lecturer Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi 32. Cik Narimah bte Ismail Lecturer Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Serdang * 33. Dr. Haji Yusof Hussin Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Serdang 34. Encik Mansor Ahmad Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang 35. Encik Syed Arabi Idid Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi Selangor 36. Datin Sharifah Mariam Ghazali Senior Lecturer School of Mass Communication Institut Teknologi MARA Shah Alam 37. Mr. Narendra Aggarwal AMIC