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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
ARE
"THE MAIN CHARGES PROPOSED BY THE COMPANY FOR THIS SERVICE
A RENTAL CHARGE OF CONNECTION CHARGE OF $3,000 PER SYSTEM AND $46,200 PER SYSTEM PER ANNUM, MRS CHAN SAID.
A
COUNTRY THE LAST NEW SERVICE PROPOSED BY THE COMPANY WAS THIRD
CALLING.
"PRESENTLY,
COMPANY *CALLING OF HONG KONG TELEPHONE HOLDERS CARDS' MAY ONLY USE THEM TO MAKE CALLS TO AND FROM HONG KONG.
THEIR THAN HONG
"WITH THIRD COUNTRY CALLING, HOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE CALLING CARDS WHILST ABROAD TO MAKE CALLS TO PLACES OTHER KONG.
"FOR THIS FACILITY, THE COMPANY PROPOSES A SURCHARGE OF $11 PER THE AND OPERATING CALL
ESTABLISHING MADE, TO COVER THE COST OF
申中 MRS CHAN EXPLAINED. NECESSARY CARD VERIFICATION AND BILLING SYSTEMS,
OF USING A
CALLING
MAIN
CARD THE
ADVANTAGE
WAS THAT INTERNATIONAL CALLS MADE ABROAD WERE BILLED TO THE HOLDER'S ACCOUNT IN HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY NOTED.
SHE ADDED
THAT
THE PROPOSED
CHARGES HAD BEEN
EXAMINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.
THOROUGHLY REASONABLE
GOVT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO PROMOTE HK'S INT'L TIES
THE
ΤΟ CONTINUING ITS ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE GOVERNMENT
AND TRADE
BCONOMIC EFFORTS IN PROMOTING HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL
THE HON RELATIONSHIPS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING
MING-FUN,
BIR
CHENG A QUESTION BY THE HON PAUL TO PIERS SAID HONG KONG BELIEVED IN AND PRACTISED FREE TRADE.
"FIRST,
THE
OF INTERNATIONAL WE PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN A NUMBER ORGANISATIONS TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION AND TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
"FOR
WE EXAMPLE,
CONTRACTING ARE A SEPARATE
17 HE SAID. GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE,
TO PARTY
THE
OF
THE
CO-OPERATION
HONG KONG ALSO,
WAS A MEMBER
CUSTOMS COUNCIL AND THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, SIR PIERS ADDED.
"SECONDLY,
OFFICES IN WE HAVE ESTABLISHED ECONOMIC AND TRADE PLACES WHICH HAVE STRONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG.
/"THIS FACILITATES