original_language_of_work news at 6:30
News at 6 : 30 ( ___MASK8___ :  ) , is the evening and flagship national news programme broadcast Monday to Sunday at 18 : 30 in Hong Kong by television channel TVB Jade . This programme first aired in TVB Jade on 19 November 1967 , with broadcasting time at 18 : 30 . News at 6 : 30 is also for free reviewing on TVB News ' website . News at 6 : 30 does not normally air in high definition from Monday to Friday ; the HD Jade channel instead airs an extra bulletin , News at 7 . The bulletin is simulcast on both SD and HD versions of Jade on Saturday and Sunday . Television Broadcasts Limited , commonly known as TVB , was founded as the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong . TVB runs five free - to - air television channels in Hong Kong , and is one of two free - to - air terrestrial television broadcasters in Hong Kong , and one of the largest commercial ___MASK8___ programme producers in the world . It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967 . It has a staff of about 4 , 500 . Its commercial rival for free - to - air terrestrial television broadcasts is Asia Television ( ATV ), whilst the government - owned Radio Television Hong Kong ( RTHK ) produces television programmes , but does not itself broadcast them . TVB Jade , or simply Jade , is a ___MASK6___ - language free - to - air television channel in Hong Kong . It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ) as its flagship service , alongside its sister network , the English - language TVB Pearl . It is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O , in the Sai Kung District . Primarily broadcasting entertainment programming , TVB Jade has historically been the most dominant television channel in the region in terms of viewership , with its closest competitor having been the now - defunct ATV Home . TVB News , formally known as the News and Information Division , is the newsgathering arm of Hong Kong ' s Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ). Its slogan is " TVB News Cares " (   ). TVB Pearl is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited , and together with its sister ___MASK6___ language station TVB Jade , is broadcast from TVB City at 77 Chun Choi Street in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O , in the Sai Kung District , which is in the Eastern region of Hong Kong ' s New Territories . ATV Home was a free - to - air ___MASK6___ television channel in Hong Kong , owned and operated by Asia Television . It was formed in September 1963 as a result of the split of the bilingual Rediffusion Television subscription service ( which was primarily owned by British company Rediffusion ) into dedicated ___MASK6___ and English - language services . In 1969 , the broadcaster was granted a license for over - the - air broadcasting . ___MASK6___ , or Standard ___MASK6___ , is a variant of Yue Chinese spoken in the vicinity of Guangzhou ( known historically as Canton ) in southeastern China . It is the traditional prestige dialect of Yue . Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate ( ___MASK8___ :  , branded as  ) is located in the southeast of the Tsueng Kwan O New Town , Sai Kung District in Hong Kong .