MONDAY, MAY 31, 1993
SUBSCRIPTION TV LICENCE HANDED OVER TO WHARF
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THE SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION BROADCASTING PROJECT NOW UNDERTAKEN WHARF CABLE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, SAID.
AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY, HE ADDED.
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SPEAKING AT THE WHARF CABLE LICENCE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, MR SO SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, RECOGNISED THIS AND GAVE THEIR BLESSING TO THE WHARF CABLE LICENCE WHICH STRADDLED 1997 AND EXTENDED WELL INTO THE NEXT CENTURY.
THE SECRETARY TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE ROAD TO PROVIDE HONG KONG WITH SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION HAD HAD ITS BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.
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"WE HAVE BURNT THE MIDNIGHT OIL ON MANY OCCASIONS, HE SAID. "BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL CONCERNED, WE ARE NOW PLEASED TO SEE THE FRUITS OF OUR EFFORTS.
"I WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO ONE AND ALL FOR WORKING SO HARD AND PATIENTLY TO BRING ABOUT THIS MOST EXCITING PROJECT.
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MR SO WAS PARTICULARLY THANKFUL TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY WHOSE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OVER THE YEARS SINCE SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION WAS FIRST MOOTED HAD BEEN MOST
INVALUABLE.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHO HAD SUBJECTED THEMSELVES TO THE RIGOROUS TIME-TABLE IN BILLS COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT THE TELEVISION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1993 WAS ENACTED IN GOOD TIME TO SECURE A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR LICENSING SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION.
CONCLUDING, MR SO EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT WHARF CABLE WOULD FULFIL THEIR PLEDGE TO BUILD THE NETWORK, TO ROLL OUT THE CHANNELS AND то DELIVER A WIDE CHOICE OF GOOD QUALITY PROGRAMMES IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF HONG KONG VIEWERS.
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