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MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1980 ·
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING CENTRE OPENS TODAY
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING CAN, AS FROM TODAY, VISIT THE NEWLY OPENED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CONNAUGHT PLACE.
THE NEW LICENSING CENTRE, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, IS AIMED AT PROVIDING A BETTER AND MORE CONVENIENT SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID.
THE CENTRE IS MANNED BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSPECTORS AND SUPPORTING STAFF. THE SERVICE INCLUDES ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AND RENEWAL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENCES, TESTING, AND EVALUATION OF EQUIPMENT SUBMITTED FOR LICENSING, PAYMENTS FOR LICENCES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED AT THE COUNTER.
+PEOPLE ARE ALSO WELCOME TO BRING US THEIR TELECOMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, SUCH AS INTERFERENCE TO RADIO AND TELEVISION. OUR INSPECTORS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE LICENSING CENTRE OPENS DAILY FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON ON SATURDAYS.
UNDER THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT AND RENEW VARIOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENCES.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE TWO MOST COMMON TYPES OF LICENCES SOUGHT BY THE PUBLIC ARE MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM LICENCES AND MODEL CONTROL LICENCES.
AT THE END OF MAY THIS YEAR, 16 369 MOBILE RADIO STATION LICENCES AND 4 538 MODEL CONTROL LICENCES WERE IN FORCE.
MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM LICENCES ARE ONLY ISSUED TO REGISTERED COMMERCIAL UNDERTAKINGS OR ORGANISATIONS WITH GENUINE NEEDS AND THE USE OF THESE SYSTEMS IS STRICTLY CONTROLLED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR THERE WERE 25 CONVICTIONS FOR ILLEGAL RADIO OPERATION AND HE WARNED THAT THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR SUCH AN OFFENCE IS FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT OR A FINE OF $10 000.
RADIO-CONTROLLED MODELS ARE BECOMING POPULAR NOWADAYS. BUT, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT, PEOPLE SHOULD REALISE THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO OPERATE THEM WITHOUT A LICENCE.
+APPLICATION FOR THIS TYPE OF LICENCE CAN BE CONVENIENTLY MADE AT THE NEW LICENSING CENTRE. THE ANNUAL FEE IS ONLY $10,+ HE ADDED.
OTHER LICENCES HANDLED AT THE CENTRE INCLUDE THOSE FOR AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS, RADIO PAGING SYSTEMS, RADIO DEALERS AND PRIVATE TELEGRAPH TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION.
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