HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
19 July 1989
香港立法局
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ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1989
Resumption of debate on Second Reading which was moved on 21 June 1989
Question on the Second Reading of the Bill proposed, put and agreed to.
Bill read the Second time.
Bill committed to a Committee of the whole Council pursuant to Standing Order 43(1).
TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
Resumption of debate on Second Reading which was moved on 28 June 1989
Question on Second Reading proposed.
MISS LEUNG: Sir, the Telecommunication (Amendment) Bill 1989 and the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Bill 1989 are inter-related and so the remarks that follow apply to both of the Bills.
Before commenting on the Bills, I would like firstly to declare an interest as a member of the Broadcasting Authority.
My Honourable colleague Mr. Peter TSAO, Secretary for Administrative Services and Information, already explained clearly the background leading up to the two Bills three weeks ago. I shall not repeat those points again. Suffice it to say that the Administration has justifiably sought to bring more into line the controls on the different modes of broadcasting.
Sir, the question might be asked: why, when the trend in certain other parts of the world appears to be towards deregulation, the Broadcasting Authority will under the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Bill be extending its jurisdiction to cover sound broadcasting.
The answer lies in the rapid developments that are now taking place in broadcasting in Hong Kong. When the decision was taken last year to call for interested parties to make proposals on cable television and the decision was
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