THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1987
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SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON THEN WALKED ALONG WAI KEK STREET PAST BLOCKS 4 AND 6 WHICH ARE TO BE REDEVELOPED UNDER THE EXTENDED REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
SIR DAVID AND LADY WILSON NEXT VISITED A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN BLOCK 14 OF THE ESTATE AND WERE MET BY CHAIRMAN MR CHAN NGAI, WHO EXPLAINED TO THEM THE NEIGHBOUR HOOD WATCH UNIT ALARM SYSTEM AND SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COMMITTEE TO RESIDENTS.
BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AT THE SHEK LE! ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE THEY MET MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, CHAIRMEN OF SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES, SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM THE ESTATE AND MEMBERS OF THE YIN NGAI SOCIETY. SIR DAVID WAS PRESENTED WITH A SOUVENIR BY THE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN. MR HO TUNG-CHING AND LADY WILSON WAS PRESENTED WITH FLOWERS BY Á YOUNG MEMBER OF THE KWAI TSING BALLET TROUPE WHO PERFORMED FOR THEM DURING THE RECEPTION.
BBC TO SET UP HK RELAY STATION
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THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS GRANTED A LICENCE TO THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION TO OPERATE A FAR EASTERN RADIO BROADCAST RELAY STATION IN HONG KONG.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE RELAY STATION, LOCATED AT TSANG TSUI IN TUEN MUN, WAS EXPECTED TO START BRAODCASTING THIS AUTUMN.
*THE LICENCE HAS BEEN GRANTED BEFORE THE TARGET DATE FOR COMMISSIONING TO ENABLE BBC TO START TESTING THE TRANSMITTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATION THERE WOULD BE IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF RELAYS OF BBC'S EXTERNAL BRAODCASTS IN HONG KONG.
THE PROGRAMME FEED TO THE BBC RELAY STATION WILL CARRY THE WORLD SERVICE IN ENGLISH BUT IT WILL ALSO BE INTERSPERSED WITH VERNACULAR TRANSMISSIONS CONSISTING OF MANDARIN, JAPANESE AND POSSIBLY KOREAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE BRAODCASTS RELAYED BY THE BBC RELAY STATION ARE INTENDED TO COVER NORTHEAST ASIA AND THE NORTH PACIFIC INCLUDING NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHINA, JAPAN AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
ONE CONDITION IN THE LICENCE IS THAT THE LICENSEE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, TO ANY OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR APPARATUS OPERATING IN OR OUTSIDE HONG KONG.
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