Talboys attack on news media
I>A Wellington New Zealand newspapers and television are ignoring Important developments in Association of South-East Asian Nations countries, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, (Mr Talboys). A leading newspaper had turned down an offer of a series of background articles on Indonesia when the Prime Minister, (Mr Muldoon), was about to visit there, he told Parliament. “What did they say?” Mr Talboys asked during the Budget debate. “Thev said: ‘We are not interested — there is no interest in what is happening’.” The Prime Minister (Mr
Muldoon) interjected: “That must have been the ‘Dominion’.” Mr Talboys also said Television New Zealand had been offered film of Mr Muldoon in Indonesia. “What did Television One say, and Television Two? They said, ‘We are not interested’.” He said New Zealanders had to start developing an interest in the A.S.E.A.N. region. This was important if New Zealand was to develop a relationship and establish the opportunity to sell. The A.S.E.A.N. nations : are Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the ■ Philippines.
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