Television
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Provided that a person shall not be a disqualified person in relation to a company which is a licensee by reason only that he holds office in, or more than 15% of the voting shares in, that company; (Added 7 of 1973 s. 2)
"licence" means a licence to broadcast granted under section 8;
"licensee" means a company granted a licence and includes such company when making application for the licence;
"licensee's register" means the register which a licensee is required to keep by virtue of section 95 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32), and in case the licensee did not hold the licence on 24 November 1987, the reference in section 17G(1)(b) to the licensee's register shall, in relation to him, be construed as including a reference to the register which he was so required to keep on that date or on any earlier date; (Added 72 of 1988 s. 2)
"material" includes pictures, words, music and other sounds whether produced, spoken or made at the time or recorded in any manner;
"ordinarily resident in Hong Kong" includes-
(a) in the case of a person-
(i) residence in Hong Kong for not less than 180 days in any calendar year; or
(ii) residence in Hong Kong for not less than 300 days in any 2 consecutive calendar years; and
(b) in the case of a company, a company
(i) which is formed and registered in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32);
(ii) of which the directors participating actively in the direction of the company-
(A) in case there are 2 such directors, each shall be; or (B) in case there are more than 2 such directors, the majority thereof shall each be,
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for the time being ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and also have been so resident for at least one continuous period of not less than 7 years; and (Replaced 72 of 1988 s. 2)
(iii) the control and management of which is bona fide exercised in Hong Kong; (Added 7 of 1973 s. 2)
"subsidiary company" means any company which, pursuant to section 2 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32), is, for the purposes of that Ordinance, deemed to be a subsidiary of another company; (Added 72 of 1988 s. 2) "Telecommunications Authority" means the Telecommunications Authority for the purposes of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106); "voting shares" means shares in the company which entitle the registered owner thereof to vote at meetings of shareholders of the company.