THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1993
ARE
"IN
WE
THE
LIBERALISING THE VISA ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRC TRANSITEES,
SIMPLIFYING NOT RELAXING OUR IMMIGRATION CONTROL BUT RATHER PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN EXERCISING THE CONTROL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
11
POLICY
OF
H
HE
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REITERATED THE GOVERNMENT
ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. "THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY,
REPATRIATING
SAID.
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WHARF CABLE TO BROADCAST API
BROADCASTING THE
AND AUTHORITY MET TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT WHARF
MAXIMUM OF CABLE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BROADCAST A
EVERY TWO MINUTE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (API) PER CLOCK HOURS PER CHANNEL ON SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION.
DECIDED ONE
TWO IS HALF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REQUIRED OF THE THIS TELEVISION STATIONS.
WIRELESS
IN COMING TO THIS DECISION, THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY HAS REGARD TO THE MULTI-CHANNEL NATURE OF SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND AVAILABILITY OF MORE AIR TIME FOR THE BROADCAST OF API'S.
HAD
THE
THE
API
REQUIREMENT WOULD NOT APPLY TO STAR TV'S SATELLITE TELEVISION CHANNELS CARRIED BY WHARF CABLE.
STAR TV, BEING A REGIONAL SERVICE, IS NOT REQUIRED LICENCE TO BROADCAST LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGES.
UNDER ITS
BE
MOREOVER, THE API REQUIREMENT FOR PAY-PER-VIEW CHANNELS
ESSENTIAL то CONFINED
EMERGENCY MESSAGES INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
SUCH
AS
WOULD WEATHER
THE
ATV'S
APPLICATION
FOR
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ALSO CONSIDERED THE EXTENSION OF HORSE RACING PROGRAMMES ON THE WORLD CHANNEL ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS DURING THE HORSE RACING SEASON 1993/94 ONE-AND-A-HALF HOURS TO TWO HOURS BY ADVANCING THE STARTING TIME 9 PM TO 8.30 PM.
FROM FROM
NOT THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ACCEPTED THAT THE EXTENSION WAS
THAT STIPULATES IN CONFLICT WITH THE FAMILY VIEWING POLICY WHICH
ВЕ COULD
SHOWN BETWEEN 4 PM AND NOTHING UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN 8.30 PM
AND SUBSCRIPTION AND THAT WITH THE ADVENT OF SATELLITE TELEVISION, THE EXTENSION OF HORSE RACING PROGRAMMES SHOULD NOT UNDULY REDUCE THE CHOICE OF PROGRAMMING OF VIEWERS WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED HORSE RACING.
IN
THE EXTENSION
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW
AFTER
THE
1993/94
SEASON.
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