CONFIDENTIAL
10
Line to Take
as
satellite
Hong Kong's development as a base for
television broadcasting would reinforce Hong Kong's role a. regional hub in the financial, business, media and telecommunications fields. It would help promote Hong Kong's image as an international communications centre and render more visible to the outside world its system of laws and freedoms. It could also promote Hong Kong's stimulating trade and
export of services, thereby industry.
Satellite television broadcasting
If
is a very competitive
business and the uplinking base can be relocated easily. Hong Kong's licensing framework is not improved to make it more attractive and user-friendly, Hong Kong will lose out to other Asian cities which are vying for the
business.
New licences issued under the revamped licensing framework which straddle 1997 will require consultation in the Joint Liaison Group. Such consultation was carried out with
Hutchvision licence. The Government will
consult the Chinese on individual licences before they are granted.
regard to the
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