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“Television is going to happen” is the definite view of at least one influential islands group. So much so, in fact, that they are preparing now to be expert broadcasters by the time it does happen.

The World Association for Christian Communication Pacific Region (WACC-PAC) will next month commence a series of courses on TV awareness in Fiji.

There have already been courses in PNG where the Communications Insti tute in Goroka has conducted several video awareness programs since 1980.

However, the Fiji course is the first to be funded by the London-based WACC, an ecumenical body made up of media, press and publishing organisations.

Seru Verebalavu, chairman of WACC PAC says: “Because of so much talk of TV coming into the Pacific countries, we are conducting TV workshops to create

awareness among churches on the role it will play.”

He said the content and programming of islands TV would have to be watched carefully.

He said, “Therefore we are preparing people to meet this now rapidly expan ding electronic medium.”

The cost per participant in the Fiji course would be Fssoo for travel and stationery alone. However, of that, the Pacific Council of Churches in Fiji is donating Fs2oo.

The 20 participants in the three-month course will be drawn from churches in Fiji as well as from government and media organisations.

Another part of the WACC-PAC prog ram is to hold a similar workshop-type course in PNG in 1986-87. Maureen Mopio.