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TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1993
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"I EXPECT ΤΟ SEE A FURTHER TWO DIGITAL NETWORKS COME INTO OPERATION LATER THIS YEAR THUS ACCELERATING THE RATE OF INCREASE,' HE SAID.
MR PAGLIARI ALSO SAID HONG KONG HAD ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DEVELOPED WIRELINE TELEPHONE NETWORKS WITH SOME 2.8 MILLION TELEPHONE LINES AND OVER 3.6 MILLION TELEPHONES IN USE.
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TO KEEP WITH INTERNATIONAL TRENDS TOWARDS LIBERALISATION, INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS PROVIDE AND OPERATE LOCAL FIXED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK SERVICES.
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BY THE CLOSE OF APPLICATION ON FEBRUARY 1, SEVEN RESPONSES HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM CONSORTIA WITH BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN INTERESTS.
"THESE PROPOSALS ARE BEING EVALUATED AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE OUTCOME OF THE SELECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
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'AND HOPEFULLY LICENCES WILL BE AWARDED ROUND ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR," HE SAID.
TURNING TO THE
YEAR AHEAD, HE SAID THE OFFICE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY WOULD BE SET UP LATER THIS YEAR, AS A NEW DEPARTMENT SEPARATE FROM THE POST OFFICE, TO DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION.
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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SET TO BETTER POSTAL SERVICE
BETTER 1, THE PAGLIARI,
THE POST OFFICE HAS PREPARED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, TO ITS SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED ON APRIL POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, MR M SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
APART FROM PLEDGES ON EFFICIENCY, THE POST OFFICE IS ALSO COMMITTED то DEVELOPING A CLIENT-BASED CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
SEMINARS WILL BE RUN TO HELP THE COUNTER STAFF ESTABLISH NEW STANDARDS OF COURTESY AND HELPFULNESS, HE SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE.
MR PAGLIARI SAID POSTERS WOULD BE DISPLAYED ON NOTICE BOARDS OF ALL POST OFFICES INDICATING THE STANDARD OF COUNTER SERVICE A CUSTOMER COULD EXPECT.
A LEAFLET PROMULGATING VARIOUS SERVICE STANDARDS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AT ALL POST OFFICES.
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THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES WILL COVER FOUR MAIN AREAS: COUNTER SERVICE, DELIVERY SERVICE, SPEEDPOST SERVICE AND APPLICATION FOR OFFICE BOXES.
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