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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992
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"BEFORE TELETEXT SERVICES CAN BE FORMALLY INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE TECHNICAL STANDARD TO BE AGREED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"THE POST OFFICE IS NOW DISCUSSING WITH THE TWO TELEVISION BROADCASTERS THE APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL STANDARD ΤΟ BE ADOPTED FOR TELETEXT SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
"SOME TELEVISION SETS ON SALE IN HONG KONG ARE FITTED WITH TELETEXT DECODERS WHICH MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE STANDARD EVENTUALLY ADOPTED IN HONG KONG SINCE OUR STANDARD SHOULD HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION USING NON-SIMPLIFIED CHINESE CHARACTERS, IN ADDITION TO ALPHABETS, NUMERIC CHARACTERS AND GRAPHIC INFORMATION, "THE SPOKESMAN CAUTIONED.
OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN HK FOR BRITISH BUSINESS
SPEAKING TO AN
INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCE or BUSINESSMEN IN THE HEARTLAND OF INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN YESTERDAY (THURSDAY), THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER, MR JOHN YAXLEY, SPELT OUT THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS OFFERED THEM.
THE COMMISSIONER WAS TAKING PART IN A BUSINESS SEMINAR ORGANISED BY BRITAIN'S DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI) IN BIRMINGHAM.
AMONG THOSE WHO SPOKE WAS THE MINISTER FOR SAINSBURY, WHO URGED BRITISH BUSINESS NOT TO MISS OUT HONG KONG WOULD HAVE IN ITS MASSIVE PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPMENT,
TRADE, MR THE ADVANTAGES INFRASTRUCTURAL
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/THE SEMINAR