THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988
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HK AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR TELECOM SERVICES
ITS CLOSE BCONOMIC HONG KONG'S GOOD STRATEGIC LOCATION, WITH CHINA, AND ITS POSITION AS AN INTERNATIONAL TRADING
IDEAL
LAUNCH AND IT AN
PLACE TO
EXPAND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
MARKET
TIES MAKE
CENTRE INTERNATIONAL
THE
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AT
FAR EAST REGIONAL OFFICE TODAY OF THE
OPENING
(THURSDAY).
BRITISH
AS A RAPIDLY GROWING
HAD
TELECOM
BY ITS
TELECOMMUNICATION
TELEPHONE OWN
SERVICES,
AND
FOR MARKET
HONG KONG
BEEN WELL SERVED TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SIR DAVID SAID.
BUT A HEALTHY DOSE OF COMPETITION PROVIDE A WIDER RANGE OF SERVICES FOR BOTH AND BUSINESS CONSUMERS.
COULD
SPUR INNOVATION AND THE DOMESTIC SUBSCRIBERS
ΤΟ
"IT IS FOR THIS MAIN REASON THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED
TRANSMISSION то PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE NETWORK INTRODUCE A NEW CABLE
WELL AS A FACILITIES FOR COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AS NEW SOURCE OF TV ENTERTAINMENT IN THE FORM OF CABLE TV," HE SAID.
"COUPLED
POPULATION
DENSITY WITH OUR HIGH CONCENTRATION OF DENSE HOUSING IN SMALL AREAS, WE OFFER A
IN MARKET PROFITABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES."
CABLE TV
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE A DETERMINED ENGAGE THE INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL FIRMS.
AND
AND
UNIQUE POTENTIALLY OTHER
EFFORT TO
"THERE ARE ALREADY SERIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND WE THESE WILL LEAD TO FORMAL TENDERS IN DUE COURSE."
HOPE
THAT HONG KONG WAS ALREADY THE SIR DAVID ALSO POINTED OUT
то CHINESE COMMUNITIES MAJOR PRODUCER AND EXPORTER OF TV PROGRAMMES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
"WE HAVE A WELL-RECOGNISED
**
PRODUCTION, HE SAID.
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