News At Seven-Thirty

*News At Seven-Thirty*
News At Seven-Thirty
	七點半新聞報道
Genre	News programme
Created by	TVB News
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	English
Production
Producer	TVB
Production location	Hong Kong
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	TVB Pearl
Release	19 November 1967 –; present
Related
	News at 6:30

News At Seven-Thirty (Chinese: 七點半新聞報道; Jyutping: cat1 dim2 bun3 san1 man4 bou3 dou6, also known as News At 7:30), is the flagship evening news program of the Hong Kong television channel TVB Pearl. It is presented in English, and is broadcast daily at 07:30 PM.

History[edit]

News at 7:30 was launched on 19 November 1967, and is one of the longest running newscasts in Hong Kong, alongside News at 6:30 on its sister channel, TVB Jade.^{[citation needed]}

In the wake of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, several of the show's principal anchors resigned in protest of TVB's handling of the protests, and in fear of increasing government censorship.^[1] These included long-time anchors Chris Lincoln, Sonya Artero, Tony Sabine, and James Aitken.

Special news[edit]

Early Nightly World News (1 December 1988 - 30 May 1993)
News Line (31 May 1993 - 8 July 1995)

Presenters[edit]

The show was typically presented by one male and one female anchor. However, since July 2022, it has been presented by only one anchor, currently Melissa Gecolea or Jacky Lin.

Former presenters:
- Chris Lincoln (1996 - 2018)
- Sonya Artero (2010 - 2019)
- Chris Gelken (2010 - 2013) (d. 2013)
- Tony Sabine (2011 - 2021)
- James Aitken (2013 - 2022)
- Etienne Lamy-Smith (2011 - 2013)
- Jeff Tang (2012 - 2019)
- Ray Rudowski (1996 - 2000)
- Peter Koveos (2020 - 2022)
- Mark Niu (1996 - 1998)
- Derek Johnson
- Daniel Rowell (2021) (Still working for TVB Pearl)
- Jenny Lam (1991 - 2012)
- Regina de Luna (2000 - 2008)
- Diane To (2010 - 2017)
- Priscilla Ng (2008 - 2012)
- Elmy Lung (2016 - 2019)
- Diana Lin (1988 - 2004)
- Wah Chen (1994 - 1997)
- Chee-May Chow (1997 - 2000)
- Eric Finney (2000 - 2005)
- Betty Liu
- Teressa Siu
- Marylois Chan
- Louisa Lim
- Deborah Kan
- Sharon Tang (2020 - 2023)

Incumbent presenters:
- Melissa Gecolea (2020 - )
- Jacky Lin (2022 - )
- Timothy Li (2024- )

References[edit]

^ Bureau, Jeremy Nuttall Vancouver (22 August 2020). "'When are they coming for the journalists?' Canadians in Hong Kong feel chill from China's national security law". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Bureau, Jeremy Nuttall Vancouver (22 August 2020). "'When are they coming for the journalists?' Canadians in Hong Kong feel chill from China's national security law". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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