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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1989
ANNOUNCING THE $45 MILLION
AND
CULTURE,
BROADCASTING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
TODAY
MR THE
FOR RECREATION SECRETARY (MONDAY),
NOT ONLY UPGRADE THE FM AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID THE NEW SCHEME WOULD
FOR MORE CHOICE BY BADCASTING BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD ALLOW
RADIO LISTENERS.
RADIO RECEPTION
THROUGHOUT
HE SAID THE PROJECT WOULD IMPROVE HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ALL SEVEN FM
CHANNELS HAVE
BEEN DESIGNED FOR
STEREOPHONIC
BROADCASTING,
OF CONSTRUCTION "THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE REPEATER STATIONS ON SEVEN HILL-TOP SITES, IN MUCH THE TELEVISION REPEATERS.
A NETWORK OF THE SAME WAY AS
CLEAR
ΤΟ PICK UP "LISTENERS LIVING IN DIFFERENT AREAS WILL BE ABLE
OR RADIO SIGNALS CLOSE
THEM WITHOUT INTERFERENCE TO OBSTRUCTION," MR CHUI SAID.
THE SECRETARY SAID IT HAD BEEN A COMPLEX EXERCISE TO
HONG KONG'S PLAN TO OVERCOME THE CONSIDERABLE CONSTRAINTS OF TOPOGRAPHY.
DEVISE A
HILLY
OVER "THAT IS WHY IT HAS TAKEN A GOOD DEAL OF CAREFUL PLANNING
FINAL STAGES TO THE
OF INSTALLING AND SEVERAL YEARS TO BRING US
HE EXPLAINED. TESTING THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE NOW REACHED,'
T
PRESENTED BY IN ADDITION TO OVERCOMING THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
BE THE HILLY TOPOGRAPHY, THE NEW FREQUENCY PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO
GUANGDONG AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE RADIO BROADCASTING REQUIREMENTS OF MACAU, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVIL AVIATION.
T' ASSIST
LISTENERS
AND
ΤΟ
FACILITATE
IN ADAPTING
WORKS
TO THE NEW IN SMOOTHING
FREQUENCY
OUT
THE
ON
ARRANGEMENTS RE-AI LOCATION OF RADIO CHANNELS, A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. COMMENCING DECEMBER 3 AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31. WILL BE INTRODUCED.
WOULD BE
THIS PERIOD COMMERCIAL RADIO MR CHUI SAID DURING DUPLICATING ITS NEW FM SERVICES ON THE EXISTING AM FREQUENCIES TO LET ВЕ LISTENERS FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS. RTHK WOULD
DEVELOPING ITS PRESENT RADIO INTRODUCING A NEW TRAFFIC CHANNEL AND
ONE WHOLLY ON CULTURAL FIVE PROGRAMMES INTO TWO SEPARATE SERVICES AFFAIRS AND THE OTHER FOR THE BBC WORLD SERVICE.
"JANUARY 1, 1990 WILL MARK THE END OF THE TRANSITIONAL AND IS AN APPROPRIATE DATE TO HERALD THE BEGINNING OF A NEW RADIO BROADCASTING IN HONG KONG.
"WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BOTH GREATER
PERIOD ERA OF
CHOICE AND IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE QUALITY OF RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE FUTURE,
"
MR CHUI SAID.
/THE FOLLOWING