TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1985
GOVERNOR RECEIVES INAUGURAL SATELLITE PHONE CALL
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THE NEED FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE LINKS OF EVERY SORT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE FAR EAST WAS STRESSED TONIGHT (TUESDAY) BY THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MR GEOFFREY PATTIE, IN AN INAUGURAL_SATELLITE TELEPHONE CALL TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
REPLYING, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINKS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE TIES WITH EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THE OCCASION FOR THE TELEPHONE CALL WAS THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW WHITEHILL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHICH PROVIDES DIGITAL SATELLITE LINKS TO CABLE AND WIRELESS FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE CENTRE IS OWNED BY MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS LTD., A WHOLLY- OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC.
IN HIS CALL TO THE GOVERNOR, MR PATTIE ALSO SAID THAT LEASED CIRCUIT AND PRIVATE NETWORK CUSTOMERS NOW HAD A CHOICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER WITHIN AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY HELD AT WHITEHILL WAS ATTENDED BY SIR DOUGLAS LOWE, THE CHAIRMAN OF MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS, AND SIR ERIC SHARP. CHAIRMAN OF CABLE AND WIRELESS PLC TO WHOM SIR EDWARD OFFERED HIS CONGRATULATIONS.
PRESENT AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TONIGHT WAS MR PIERS JACOBS, SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES AND MR BARRY MOUL, THE GENERAL MANAGER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND MARKETING OF CABLE AND WIRELESS (HK) LTD.
BRITISH INDUSTRY MINISTER ARRIVES
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THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY, MR PETER MORRISON, ARRIVED TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
DURING HIS STAY MR MORRISON WILL ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE KOWLOON BAY TRAINING CENTRE COMPLEX AND VISIT SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES AT THE COUNCIL'S KWAI CHUNG COMPLEX.
THE COMPLEX, WHICH HOUSES FIVE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES, WILL BE OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, THIS FRIDAY.
MR MORRISON RETURNS TO LONDON ON FRIDAY EVENING,
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