WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. 1990

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SMATV SYSTEM OWNERS URGED TO REGISTER

SATELLITE

MASTER AUTHORITY LICENSING UNDER THE TAKEN

ON FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION ANTENNA TELEVISION (SMATV) SYSTEMS, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES THAT ALL SMATV SYSTEMS ARE SUBJECT TO TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE AND THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE AGAINST UNLICENSED INSTALLATIONS AS FROM TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WILL BE HOWEVER, SMATV SYSTEMS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE

AND SUBJECT TOLERATED

TO THE LICENSING SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SMATV SYSTEMS

SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE

OWNERS OF EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALL ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS BRANCH, POST OFFICE, 173 DES

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ΤΟ MR ERIC LAM, VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, FLOOR, CENTRAL. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 852 9678, AND THE FAX NUMBER IS 541 9058.

SINCERE BUILDING,

SYSTEMS

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY STRESSES THAT STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST ANY UNLICENSED SMATV INSTALLED AFTER AUGUST 1, 1990.

HOWEVER, SATELLITE TELEVISION RECEIVE-ONLY CONNECTION TO A SINGLE TELEVISION SET (THAT IS TVRO) WITHOUT LICENCES.

AERIALS FOR.

ARE

PERMITTED

PLANS FOR THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG CORPORATION DELAYED

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PLANS FOR THE CORPORATISATION OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG (RTHK) HAS NOW BEEN DEFERRED UNTIL DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. THE ORIGINAL TARGET DATE WAS APRIL NEXT YEAR.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE DELAY WAS RESULTED FROM THE NEED TO EXAMINE THE OPTIMAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE RTHK CORPORATION SO AS ΤΟ CARRY OUT THE ACTIVITIES BASED ON ITS ROLE, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROPOSED RTHK ORDINANCE AND WITH REGARD TO THE IMPORTANCE OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF REVENUE-GENERATING ACTIVITIES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID A CONSULTANT WILL BE ENGAGED TO CARRY OUT A TWO-MONTH STUDY ON THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE RTHK CORPORATION.

THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR GUS MET STAFF AND UNION REPRESENTATIVES AND BRIEFED THEM ON DEVELOPMENT.

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