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Wednesday, June 13, 1973
It was thought that the telephone directory should be split
alphabetically in the English edition and by character stroke in the
Chinese edition rather than by geographical division as at present.
The method of distribution of the directories was also regarded
as unsatisfactory and the company is now investigating a new system
whereby subscribers could indicate their requirements by completing a
form inserted in the telephone bill for the final quarter.
A special sub-committee was set up during the year to study
the Telephone Ordinance in order to make recommendations for its revision,
Another sub-committee
on telephone services in rural areas
completed fundamental groundwork on the requirement and development of teleone
services in the New Territories.
To assist in solving the technological side of this problem,
Mr. Woo said, sites have been approved by the government for the company
to install a micro-wave telephone system in the New Territories which
would dispense with the difficulty of laying miles of trunk cables to
connect with telephone exchanges.
the area,
"We hope this would expedite the company's development plans in
" he added,
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