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YEAR, WITH A VIEW TO MAKING A DECISION BY MID 1992.
5. THIRD, ON THE QUESTION OF USING THE HUTCHVISION SATELLITE TO UPLINK BBC WORLD SERVICE RADIO, I SAID THAT THIS WAS AN AREA IN WHICH WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE CABLE AND WIRELESS FRANCHISE. A REVISION OF THE HUTCHVISION LICENCE WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED, SINCE ITS EXISTING TERMS ONLY PERMITTED HUTCHVISION TO TRANSMIT TELEVISION. JAMES SO TOLD IRWIN THAT HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN A FAIRLY SUPPORTIVE RESPONSE TO HUTCHVISION ON THE GENERAL IDEA AND HAD ENCOURAGED HUTCHVISION TO SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL. THIS IS EXPECTED SHORTLY.
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6. WE HAVE INDICATED OUR READINESS TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSAL FROM HUTCHVISION ON THE QUESTION OF SUBSCRIPTION TV AND TO HELP ON UPLINKING BBC WORLD SERVICE RADIO. ON CANTONESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING, WE CLEARLY CANNOT LIFT THE RESTRICTION NOW: BUT HAVE OFFERED THE HOPE OF A REVIEW.
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