FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1991
OUTLINING HONG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS KONG'S
POINTED OUT THAT THE TERRITORY IS ONE OF THE MOST DEVELOPED MARKETS IN THE WORLD.
LINKS,
MRS
CHAN
WIRELESS
AND CABLE BY FIBRE OPTIC
"IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE
IS LINKS,
NOW CONNECTED TO HONG KONG SUBMARINE CABLES," SHE SAID.
THE
WORLD
GUANGZHOU IN
"THERE IS ALSO AN OVERLAND FIBRE OPTIC LINK TO CHINA, WITH A SECOND DUE TO BE COMMISSIONED LATER THIS YEAR.
"ON THE DOMESTIC SIDE, OUR TELEPHONE NETWORK DIGITALISED BY THE END OF 1993."
MRS CHAN NOTED THAT HONG KONG
THAT IN
OTHER
COMPARABLE ΤΟ TELEPHONES FOR EVERY 10 PEOPLE.
WILL BR FULLY
PENETRATION AT OVER SIX
HAS TELEPHONE
DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES,
ARE PARTICULARLY CAPITA LEVEL OF EIGHT
PAGING AND CELLULAR RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICES POPULAR AND HONG KONG HAS THE WORLD'S HIGHEST PER SUBSCRIPTION FOR PAGING SERVICES, WITH ONE SUBSCRIBER FOR EVERY PERSONS, SHE ADDED.
EARLIER, MRS CHAN TALKED ABOUT HONG KONG'S PLANS FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT.
PORT AND
THE
SUPPORTING MANNER ΤΟ
SHE SAID THE
ARE FOR PLANS
ENSURING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROVIDED IN A TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE ENABLE OUR ECONOMY TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
"WE ARE NOT ALONE IN FORESEEING THE NEED SIGNIFICANTLY THE CAPACITY OF OUR AIRPORT.
ΤΟ EXPAND
"OTHERS IN EAST ASIA ARE ALSO, NO DOUBT, AWARE OF FORECASTS FROM SOURCES
AVIATION ORGANISATION SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL WHICH PREDICT THAT AIR TRAFFIC GROWTH IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION EXCEED THAT OF ALL OTHER REGIONS IN THE COMING DECADE,
SURPRISING THEN TO
THAILAND,
WILL
"I
SHE SAID.
SINGAPORE
IT IS NOT
AND SEE INDONESIA EXPANDING EXISTING AIRPORTS OR TO SEE JAPAN BUILDING A MAJOR NEW AIRPORT NEW AIRPORT AT OSAKA AND SOUTH KOREA PLANNING A MASSIVE FOR SEOUL ON A SCALE SIMILAR TO THAT OF CHEK LAP KOK, SHE ADDED.
THAT
"OVER 80 PER CENT OF OUR AIR TRAFFIC IS GENERATED WITHIN
WHAT IS A SAME REGION; ΤΟ RETAIN HONG KONG'S COMPETITIVE EDGE IN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET WE MUST DEVELOP OUR KEY INFRASTRUCTURE APACE
RIVALS, MAIN
MRS CHAN WITH AND PREFERABLY SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF OUR SAID.
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