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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1974
STUDY TO IMPROVE TELEPHONE SERVICE
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IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE TELEPHONE SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTING A STUDY ON THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY'S FORECAST OF DEMAND FOR TELEPHONE SERVICES AND ITS CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND EXPANSION PROGRAMMES.
THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. DAVID JORDAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY IN REPLY TO THE HON. WILSON WANG WHO ASKED WHAT STEPS WOULD BE TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 16TH REPORT OF THE TELEPHONE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HE SAID THE STUDY, BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE POST OFFICE TOGETHER WITH THE ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT, WAS FOLLOW UP ACTION ON THE COMMITTEE 'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY, HE SAID, WAS TO BE EXAMINED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND WHEN SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DERIVED FROM THIS STUDY, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMPANY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC PROPOSALS.
HE ADDED THAT THE STUDY WOULD ALSO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE WITH THE COMPANY ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT REVENUE FROM PROFITABLE AREAS SHOULD SUBSIDISE THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF SERVICES TO UNPROFITABLE AREAS.
MR. JORDAN POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S LATEST REPORT WAS THAT THE COMPANY SHOULD REVIEW ITS POLICY OF PROVIDING TELEPHONE SERVICES TO AN AREA ONLY AFTER SUFFICIENT DEMAND HAD ARISEN.
+THE COMMITTEE REGARDS THIS POLICY, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE REFLECTED IN THE COMPANY'S EXPANSION PROGRAMME, AS UNDULY CONSERVATIVE,+ HE SAID.
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767 CONVICTED FOR POSSESSION OF
OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
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A TOTAL OF 876 ARRESTS WERE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFENCE OF POSSESSION OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS IN A PUBLIC PLACE BETWEEN DECEMBER 16, 1972 AND APRIL 1974, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. L.M. DAVIES, SAID TODAY.
OF THESE, HE ADDED, 767 PERSONS WERE CONVICTED.
MÀ. DAYTHE GAVE THE FIGURES IN REPLY TO A QUESTION RAISED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE HON. ANN TSE-KAI.
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