TY - CHAP
T1 - Berita Singapura (1963–9) and Hong Kong Today (1967–73)
AU - Aitken, Ian
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My first thanks must go to the four full-time research assistants who have helped me at various times during the course of this research project. They are, in order of appointment, and beginning in 2008, Yvonne Young, Venus Lam, Seth Henderson and Teresa Ho. Throughout the course of this research project they have all shown diligence and imagination in collecting primary materials under my guidance, and I am indebted to them all. I would also like to thank staff at the various archives at which this research was carried out: the United Kingdom National Archives at Kew, the National Archives of Singapore and the Hong Kong Records Office. This research project was also informed by three conferences which I hosted at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2009, 2012 and 2013: (1) ‘Hong Kong Documentary Film, the Regional Context and Theoretical Perspectives’; (2) ‘Public Service Film-making in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Film Unit and RTHK, and the Influence of the Griersonian and British Colonial Official Film on the Region and Beyond’ (2012); and (3) ‘The Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia Conference’ (2013). These conferences became a forum for discussion on the colonial official film, and, given that, I would like thank the following for presentations which had an influence on this book: Tom Rice, Brian Winston, Michael Ingham, Tim Barnard, Peter Bloom, Camille Deprez, Jane Landman, Rosaleen Smyth, Scott Anthony, Deane Williams, Hassan Abdul Muthalib, and others. I would also like to acknowledge the following funding awards:
HKBU School of Communication, for conference support for the three conferences referred to above (IAS 12-13/06, and IAS 11-12/01); and also IAS 12-13/03, for the ‘Documentary Film Research Programme’; and IAS 11-12/02, for ‘Documentary Film in Hong Kong’. HKBU FRG1/15-16/028: British official information and film activity in Malaya and Singapore 1957-65, the development of television, and evolution of the Malayan Film Unit HKBU FRG2/14-15/078: An analysis of primary data relating to British official information and film activity in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong during the 1960s, focusing on the role played by the United Kingdom Information Services, British Information Services and the British Council HKBU FRG1/14-15/049: British official information and film activity in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong during the 1960s: The Role of United Kingdom Information Services, British Information Services and the British Council. HKBU FRG1/13-14/044: A Study of the 1960 Singaporean Official Film Series Berita Singapura . RGC GRF 24111: The Colonial Film Units of Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and the Influence of British Official Film-making. RGC GRF 240213: A Study of the 1960s Singaporean Official Film Series Berita Singapura.
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Y1 - 2016/11/22
N2 - This chapter will provide an account of two official film series: the Berita Singapore series, which was produced by Cathay Film Services for the Government of Singapore, and Hong Kong Today, produced by the Hong Kong Film Unit for the colonial government of Hong Kong. The section (Part one) on Berita Singapura is written by Ian Aitken and that on Hong Kong Today (Part two) by Seth Henderson.1 This chapter will delineate these two series and then compare and contrast them in order to arrive at conclusion on how these series articulated the needs and policies of a post-colonial ‘authoritarian capitalist’ state, in the case of Singapore, and a colonial authority, in the case of Hong Kong.
AB - This chapter will provide an account of two official film series: the Berita Singapore series, which was produced by Cathay Film Services for the Government of Singapore, and Hong Kong Today, produced by the Hong Kong Film Unit for the colonial government of Hong Kong. The section (Part one) on Berita Singapura is written by Ian Aitken and that on Hong Kong Today (Part two) by Seth Henderson.1 This chapter will delineate these two series and then compare and contrast them in order to arrive at conclusion on how these series articulated the needs and policies of a post-colonial ‘authoritarian capitalist’ state, in the case of Singapore, and a colonial authority, in the case of Hong Kong.
KW - Housing Development
KW - Documentary Film
KW - Independent Commission Against Corruption
KW - Colonial Authority
KW - Singapore Government
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-49344-6#bibliographic-information
U2 - 10.1057/978-1-137-49344-6_5
DO - 10.1057/978-1-137-49344-6_5
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781137493439
SP - 157
EP - 192
BT - The British Official Film in South-East Asia
A2 - Aitken, Ian
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - London
ER -
