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Friday, July 6, 1973
These conditions which form part of the new licences will be included in
regulations which, subject to approval, will be published shortly.
Under these proposed conditions relay operators will be required to
provide a simultaneous and uninterrupted service of all wireless television
channels being broadcast in Hong Kong. In addition, relay operators will
be permitted to relay any sound broadcasting channels.
This anending legislation and the associated regulations, will not
be brought into operation until Rediffusion's wired television service license
expires.
It will be recalled that the licence was extended earlier this year
to 'bridge the gap' pending the coming on air of the first of the two new
wireless television stations.
With this new legislation the government will be ready to issue
licences for alternative wired television and sound distribution services
as soon as the present Rediffusion wired distribution monopoly ceases.
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