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Saturday, November 18, 1972
Hong Kong's international telephone service has been making
substantial progress with an ever increasing number of overseas calls
originating from Hong Kong.
Statistice show that the number of calls in 1971 exceeded
that of the previous year by more than 23 per cent.
The total duration of overseas telephone calls last year reached
nearly 12 million minutes, indicating a closer link between Hong Kong and
various parts of the world both in terms of private and commercial
communications.
At present, overseas telephone services in Hong Kong are provided
jointly by the Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd. and Cable and Wireless Ltd.
Local operators have direct dialling access to overseas subscribers in 19
countries.
At the same time, the domestic telephone network has continued
to expand rapidly.
this year
More than 713,100 telephones were in service at the end of March
an increase of 105,700 over the figure a year ago.
This represented a penetration factor of about 17.5 telephones
per 100 population
——
the highest in Asia after Japan.
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