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"BUILDING IT IS NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL, BUT IT 19 SOMKT1 NO WITHIN HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL CAPACITY," SIR DAVID SAID.
WELL.
THAT
IN CONCLUSION, THE GOVERNOR EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANT ROLE HONG KONG PLAYS: AS AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
"IT IS A BRIDGE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
"THAT IS THE WAY THAT HONG KONG CAN BE USEFUL TO CHINA
HE SAID. THE REST OF THE DEVELOPED CAPITALIST WORLD,
"
AND TO
HKTDC, BARONESS LEE, MRS RITA
THE SEMINAR WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DUNN. THE OTHER SPEAKERS WERE OMELCO MEMBERS MR ALLEN FAN, MRS ROSANNA TAM, AND MR WILLIAM PURVES OF THE HONGKONG BANK. PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN, MESSRS C.H. TUNG AND D.M.T. VON DE LEUHE, SPOKE.
TWO
ALSO
0
HK WILL STAY IN FOREFRONT OF INT'L TELECOMMUNICATION TRENDS
HONG KONG MOVED ALONG FAST WITH INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN
LAST 10 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN THE
YEARS AND WILL REMAIN IN THE THE POSTMASTER
MR GENERAL.
FOREFRONT IN THE DECADE AHEAD. WONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR
DOMINIC
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ** COMMTEL '90 CONFERENCE",
THE INTERNATIONAL WONG SAID
TREND
UP OPENING
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET TO COMPETITION WAS
DISCERNIBLE IN THE 80S AND HONG KONG FOLLOWED THE SAME TREND TOO.
LEGISLATION
OF CLEARLY
EQUIPMENT WAS OPENED UP ΤΟ WAS ALSO AMENDED IN 1985
PREMISES THE SALE OF CUSTOMER COMPETITION IN 1983 AND
то PERMIT THE INTERCONNECTION OF WIRELESS SERVICES WITH THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK.
MR WONG
CONSTRUCTION OF A
WAS SAID A DECISION
SECOND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
A CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES ALONGSIDE FRANCHISE WAS AWARDED IN AUGUST 1989.
MADE
AND SERVICE,
IN 1988
ALLOW ΤΟ NETWORK FOR AN
THE
NON-VOICE
EXCLUSIVE
LICENSER
ΤΟ CONSIDER
"UNFORTUNATELY, THE RECENT WITHDRAWAL OF THE INTENDED HAS CAUSED A TEMPORARY SETBACK. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEED
MR WONG SAID. THE WAY AHEAD. THIS, WE WILL DO EXPEDITIOUSLY,
**
HE SAID THE GENERALLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT CREATED
VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS.
THE 1980S DEREGULATORY
IN POLICIES OF DOMINANT CARRIERS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF SERVICE.
BY THE LED
AND THE HONG KONG TELECOM TO THE CHALLENGE BY FURTHER AND UPGRADING
COMPANY THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE INTERNATIONAL ALSO REACTED POSITIVELY INCREASING THEIR INVESTMENTS, IMPROVING THEIR SERVICES THEIR BASIC NETWORKS.
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