Commences new service:

SLBC beams to Lankans in Korea

Ishara JAYAWARDANE

The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation ceremonially launched a new program to broadcast its services to Korea last Sunday.

The event was held at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation premises under the patronage of South Korean Ambassador Choi Ki Chul.

"We will broadcast our programs to Korea for Sri Lankan expatriates/ Sinhala listeners," said Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe.

This is basically a magazine program which features Sri Lankan songs, Sri Lankan news and currency rates. This program aims at providing entertainment and information to the 75,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers.

This program aims at providing an open forum for participation. Through this program the migrant workers can send messages to their family members in Sri Lanka.

The people in Sri Lanka can listen to the voices of family members living in Korea.

Some of the programs aim at providing Sri Lankan workers in Korea with information on how to use and save money.

This is a live program done in SLBC premises and is broadcast to Korea via the German Transmitter Station Deutschwelle which belongs to the German Government. According to the agreement the SLBC has with this broadcasting station, (Deutschwelle) will be providing services without charge for one hour.

At the same time CityFm service also broadcasts this program to Sri Lanka.

The Lankans can listen to the voices of family members living in Korea.

Samarasinghe added that it is a shortwave station and that they are using shortwave to broadcast this one hour program from four to five in the evening. By tuning into 15120 shortwave frequency anyone in Sri Lanka and Korea can listen to the program.

"It is our responsibility to look after our migrant workers. This is our obligation. We must do something for these people," he pointed out.