11
C) PUBLIC & PRIVATE
DOUBLE-DECKED BUSES,
SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES AND GOODS VEHICLES OF A PERMITTED GROSS VEHICLE
WEIGHT EXCEEDING 5.5 TONNES
24. PERMIT FEE (ALL VEHICLE) TO PASS
THROUGH A TUNNEL UNDER SPECIAL CONDITION
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1994
120
195
45
72
FINDINGS OF TV BROADCASTING SURVEY 1993/94 RELEASED * * * * *
TELEVISION BY THE
NEARLY ALL INDIVIDUALS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 64 HAVE SETS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, A SURVEY COMMISSIONED BROADCASTING AUTHORITY REVEALS.
ITS EARLIER SURVEY IN 1990,
THE
PERCENTAGE
WITH COMPARED INDIVIDUALS OWNING TWO OR MORE TELEVISION SETS HAS INCREASED FROM PER CENT TO 30 PER CENT.
OF
23
THE SURVEY ALSO FINDS THAT THE TELEVISION HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 1990.
MULTI-CHANNEL
BROADCASTING
SCENE
SOUND TELEVISION BROADCASTS USING SYSTEM WERE INTRODUCED IN THE SUMMER OF 1991. THE SURVEY
PER NEARLY
HAD NICAM DECODERS OF INDIVIDUALS HOUSEHOLDS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1994.
40
CENT
THE
NICAM
SHOWS
THAT
IN
THEIR
SATELLITE AND SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISIONS WERE INTRODUCED TO KONG IN 1991 AND 1993 RESPECTIVELY BY STAR TV AND WHARF CABLE.
CONDUCTED,
HONG
OF
AT
13
CENT THE
WAS
PER THE TIME
SURVEY INDIVIDUALS HAD INSTALLED STAR TV IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND TWO PER CENT WERE ENJOYING THE WHARF CABLE SERVICE, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED MONTHS BEFORE THE SURVEY FINISHED AND COVERED ONLY LIMITED HONG KONG,
IN KEEPING WITH AN AFFLUENT SOCIETY, VIEWERS CHOICES IN TELEVISION VIEWING, THE SURVEY REVEALS.
ONLY TWO AREAS IN
HAVE NOW
MORE
ON AVERAGE 1990 PER DAY
NONETHELESS,
TEND TO SPEND LESS TIME INDIVIDUALS WATCHING COMMERCIAL, WIRELESS TELEVISION WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS, FROM 4.2 HOURS PER DAY IN 1990 TO 3.5 HOURS THIS YEAR.
91 PER
DESPITE THE CHOICES AVAILABLE, TVB JADE IS CLAIMED BY CENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE THE CHANNEL THEY WATCH MOST OFTEN.
SEVEN PER CENT WATCH ATV HOME MOST OFTEN AND TWO PER CENT
TVB
PEARL.
WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 1990 SURVEY, FEWER INDIVIDUALS RATE VARIOUS
PROGRAMME TYPES AS BEING SPECIFIED NOTABLE EXCEPTION BEING NEWS PROGRAMMES.
THE
HIGH IN
QUALITY;
THE
/IN PARTICULAR,
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