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Premier not in favor of proposed Fubon station

Premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) said he thought Fubon Securities Investment Services Co's application for a license for a TV news station should be rejected.

Hsieh declared his opposition to the license application during an interview with TTV on Monday night.

He said that he would personally veto Fubon's proposal for a news channel but that his personal opinion would not affect the Government Information Office's (GIO) evaluation committee processing of the application.

"I think the power of the media should be more widely distributed instead of being possessed and controlled by certain groups of rich people," Hsieh said.

Pan Tsu-yin (潘祖蔭), who has the job of putting together a staff for the proposed new station said that the company is simply waiting for an official response from the government.

"We simply filed the application by following the laws. Our plan will not change unless our application is declined," Pan said. "So we do not have any comment at this moment."

Fubon also applied to launch a station to air children's programs and the GIO committee approved that application last Friday.

The GIO committee is currently reviewing 15 other applications for new TV stations.

According to the GIO, the committee members are hoping that Fubon's news channel would focus on issues of concern to teenagers, since the company has a non-profit organization devoted to children's and women's issues.

Pan, however, told the committee that the new station would focus on international news, non-government organizations and local communities.
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