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- 1 2 由麗的到亞視 一個電視台的終結 [From Rediffusion To ATV: The End of a Television Station]. Standnews. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Ye, Jingsi (1 April 2016). 新聞背景：過不了60大壽的香港亞洲電視 [News Background: An ATV That Did Not Live To Celebrate Its 60th Birthday]. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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