"The question of educational television in Singapore was first mooted in February 1965, but its tangible beginnings came in March 1966, when the Government approved a proposal to mount an ETV Service for Schools — Results obtained." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 775, topic code 410.331.0)