PLESL JUNE 4, 1985
+A MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS THAT ALL FORMS OF RADIO SYSTEMS OR SERVICES NECESSITATE THE USE OF THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM WHICH IS A LIMITED RESOURCE AND HAS TO BE REGARDED AS A FORM OF PUBLIC ASSET.
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+ACCORDINGLY. THERE IS A NEED FOR GOVERNMENT TO PRECLUDE THE INEFFICIENT USE OR MISUSE OF THIS SCARE NATURAL RESOURCE,+ HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF PENINSULA, MR ARDLEY SAID THAT FROM THE USAGE POINT OF VIEW, THERE HAD BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN THE PAST DECADE.
WHILE THE NUMBER OF TELEPHONES HAD INCREASED FROM ABOUT A MILLION IN 1974 TO ABOUT TWO MILLION NOW, THE AMOUNT OF RADIO- COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS HAD INCREASED MANY FOLD IN THE SAME PERIOD: LICENSED PRIVATE MOBILE RADIO STATIONS HAD INCREASED FROM ABOUT 6 000 IN 1974 TO OVER 35 000 TODAY AND RADIO PAGERS FROM 7 000 TO OVER 210 000 (AN INCREASE OF OVER 3 000 PER CENT).
+AMONG OTHER CHANGES, WE INTEND TO AUTHORISE A VARIETY OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO MEET THE VARIOUS COMMUNICATION NEEDS OF HONG KONG, ONE SUCH SERVICE IS A ONE-WAY DATA MESSAGE SERVICE,+ MR ARDLEY SAID.
THIS WAS A TYPE OF SERVICE SIMILAR TO THE RADIO PAGING SERVICE. SUBSCRIBERS TO IT WOULD CARRY A RECEIVER WHICH WAS SIMILAR BUT SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN ORDINARY PAGERS AND COULD STORE AND DISPLAY SEQUENTIALLY A MESSAGE OF ABOUT AN A4 SIZE PAGE OF TEXT,
THE TEXT COULD EVEN BE PRINTED OUT WHEN ATTACHED TO A PRINTER BUT THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE PORTABLE.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OBVIOUS USES OF THE SERVICE SUCH AS THE DESPATCH AND DISPLAY OF UP-TO-THE-MINUTE FINANCIAL INFORMATION, PERSONAL MESSAGES AND COMPANY INTERNAL INFORMATION
AND INSTRUCTIONS.
+ANOTHER NEW SERVICE WILL BE A COMMUNITY REPEATER SERVICE. THIS WILL SERVE THOSE BUSINESS USERS WHO WANT TO MAKE USE OF TWO-WAY RADIO SYSTEMS.
+THE PROVIDER OF THE SERVICE WILL INSTALL COMMUNITY REPEATERS AT VANTAGE POINTS TO PROVIDE GOOD COVERAGE IN MOST IF NOT THE ENTIRE TERRITORY AND OFFER RADIO CONNECTIONS' TO HIS SUBSCRIBERS.+
MR ARDLEY SAID THAT A GAZETTE NOTICE WOULD BE PUBLISHED SOON TO INVITE APPLICATIONS FROM PARTIES INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING THESE TWO SERVICES.
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