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Christopher Chia has been appointed as chief executive officer of Singapore�s Media Development Authority (MDA) from June this year. He replaces Lim Hock Chuan, who moves to the Ministry of Home Affairs as deputy secretary. Among other achievements, Lim is credited with formulating and presenting the wide-ranging Media 21 blueprint to boost Singapore�s media industry� Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited in Hong Kong has appointed Jackey Sek-nin Chan as chief operating officer for its digital direct to-home platform, exTV. Chan was previously deputy general manager of a property development company in southern China and TVB�s assistant marketing controller from 1994 to 2000� Government-owned free TV station TVRI appears to have upped efforts to compete with privately held commercial rivals. Some of Indonesia�s top television executives are expected to reshape the network from March following its status change last year from government-funded to advertising-funded. Yusirwan Uyun is TVRI�s new president director and Alex Kumara will take over as programming and marketing director. Uyun was formerly TVRI personnel director. He replaces Hari Sulistyono. Kumara is currently technical director at SCTV. Nunuk Parwati replaces Enny Hardjanto as news director. Two directors, technical director Erna Tobing and general affairs director Djamiris Endjaman retain their positions. The new management at TVRI follows the appointment by the government of a new board of directors at TVRI� Nielsen Media Research has appointed Alexandre Callay as director, client service, Nielsen Media Regional Media Services. Callay will oversee Nielsen Media�s Regional Television Audience Measurement (TAM) and Advertising Information Services (AIS), and spearhead the company�s Asian Target Market Survey (ATMS) along with a number of oth"