3. Other factors, such as the greater expense of
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broadcasting on medium frequencies over long distances
and the special nature of Hongkong 's needs and
potential contribution in any approach to a Chinese
audience, have been brought forward. The position
remains, however, that the Foreign Office is not
prepared to support the establishment of a long-
distance broadcasting station in Hongkong, which
would
provide either a medium frequency service in
English and Chinese, or, still less, a service using
additional languages and tropical or high fre u ncies.
4. In the circumstances I have come to the conclusi on
that for the time being the project has no reasonable
prospect of being favourably considered and approved
and that it should therefore remain in abeyance.
5.
In the meantime a claim for the possible future
use of suitable frequencies has been submitted to
the Planning Committee of the High Frequency
Broadcasting Conference at Mexico City and to the
Provisional Frequency Board as indicated in my
Savingram No. 323 of 12th April 1948.
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