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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989
"A REVIEW HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED OF THE COSTS INVOLVED PROVIDING INTERCONNECTION," HE SAID.
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AS PART OF THE REVIEW THE TELEPHONE COMPANY CONDUCTED A SIX MONTH MEASURING EXERCISE, MONITORED BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, OF THE USE OF ITS NETWORK BY INTERCONNECTING SERVICES.
"THE CONCLUSION OF THE REVIEW IS THAT CURRENT COSTS JUSTIFY AN INCREASE IN THE MONTHLY RENTAL CHARGE PER INTERCONNECTION LINE FROM $60 TO $69 AND AN INCREASE IN THE PER MINUTE USAGE CHARGE FROM SEVEN CENTS TO NINE CENTS.
"IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE INCREASES ARE 15 PER CENT AND 28 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, MR HUI SAID.
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WHILE SUCH INCREASES WERE HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT ANNUAL RATE OF INFLATION, MR HUI SAID. THEY WERE THE FIRST INCREASES FOR OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
"THESE INCREASES IN INTERCONNECTION CHARGES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL TELEPHONE TARIFF AJUSTMENT IMPLEMENTED
FROM JUNE 1. BECAUSE THE REVIEW HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED AT THAT TIME.
"THE NEXT REVIEW OF THE INTERCONNECTION CHARGES WILL BE IN TWO YEARS TIME, HE ADDED.
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PURPOSE OF RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS BILL EXPLAINED
ENACTED, WILL ENABLE
THE RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS BILL 1989. IF THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON "THE LAW APPLICABLE TO TRUSTS AND ON THEIR RECOGNITION" TO APPLY TO HONG KONG, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR MATHEWS SAID IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THAT THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE BILL WOULD HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW IN HONG KONG,
IN 1984, THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ADOPTED THE CONVENTION WHICH, SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION, WAS SIGNED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM IN JANUARY 1986.
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'THE UNITED KINGDOM NOW PROPOSES TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION AND ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG WISHES TO BE
IN THAT RATIFICATION.
INCLUDED
"BEFORE HONG KONG CAN BE INCLUDED, PROVISION MUST BE MADE FOR THE CONVENTION TO HAVE THE FORCE OF LAW IN HONG KONG," MR MATHEWS SAID.
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