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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 26, 1976
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OVER THE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL CALLS MADE FROM HONG KONG HAS GROWN AT VARYING RATES OF BETWEEN 15 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT PER ANNUM. BY 1964, THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING INTERNATIONAL CALLS HAD REACHED 143,000 A YEAR,
ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT AT THE TIME IT IS MUCH LESS THAN THE 200,000 INTERNATIONAL CALLS NOW MADE EACH MONTH,
ALSO, THE 14,500 CALLS NOW MADE TO SINGAPORE EACH MONTH EQUAL THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS MADE TO SINGAPORE IN THE WHOLE OF 1964.
TO CATER THIS TREMENDOUS GROWTH, THE TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS PROVIDED MORE OPERATORS AND INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT FOR THEM TO USE.
TO MATCH THIS EFFORT, THE CABLE AND WIRELESS LIMITED HAS PROVIDED MORE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUITS TO HONG KONG AND INSTALLED MODERN SWITCHING EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR INTERNATIONAL SWITCHING CENTRE IN NEW MERCURY HOUSE,
THE CLARITY OF MODERN RADIO CIRCUITS VIA SATELLITE IS A FAR CRY FROM THE CRACKLE OF THE LONG WAVE RADIO OF 20 YEARS AGO.
IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE FACILITIES WERE FURTHER ENHANCED WHEN MANY TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS WERE THEMSELVES ABLE TO DIAL INTERNATIONAL CALLS DIRECT BY USING THE INTERNATIONAL SUBSRCIBER DIALLING SERVICE - THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT FOR OVERSEAS CALLS -- WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE TO 14 OTHER COUNTRIES.
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