WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994
"THUS THE LICENSING CONDITIONS AND THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAMMES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE.
"SECOND, HONG KONG-PRODUCED TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ARE ALREADY WATCHED BY MILLIONS ACROSS THE BORDER IN CHINA; THUS CHINA IS LIKELY TO BE MORE FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE WITH BROADCASTS ORIGINATING FROM HONG KONG.
"LASTLY,
LICENCES ISSUED ARE FOR 12 YEARS AND WOULD STRADDLE 1997 WITH THE CHINESE BEING CONSULTED BEFORE EACH LICENCE IS ISSUED. THUS THERE IS NO FEAR OF ANY MAJOR CHANGES IN LICENSING FRAMEWORK AFTER 1997."
MR SO ADDED THAT HONG KONG ALSO INTENDED TO OPEN UP THE LOCAL SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION MARKET AFTER WHARF CABLE'S EXCLUSIVITY EXPIRES IN JUNE 1996.
THIS
WOULD
LOCALLY, PROVIDE A POTENTIAL LUCRATIVE MARKET
HE
SAID.
MR SO SAID IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE AN OVERSEAS SATELLITE PROFFER BROADCASTER CHOSE TO BASE HIS SERVICE IN THE REGION, HE WOULD A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE TO HIM.
BROADCASTER THE
MUST BE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL DIVERSITY OF THE REGION AND BE READY TO RESPECT THAT DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCES.
OTHERWISE, HE WOULD FIND DOORS BEING CLOSED VERY QUICKLY IN HIS FACE, MR SO SAID.
"IN SUGGESTING THAT HE RESPECTS THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND POLITICAL DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCES OF THE REGION, I AM
++ HE ADDED. NOT ADVOCATING THAT HE IMPOSES A STRICT SELF-CENSORSHIP,
CABLE SPINNING STARTS ON TIME AT TSING MA
* * * * *
CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING MA SUSPENSION BRIDGE HAS REACHED ITS MOST IMPRESSIVE STAGE SO FAR WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF AERIAL SPINNING OF 2.2 KILOMETRE-LONG MAIN SUSPENSION CABLES BETWEEN THE HUGE CABLE ANCHORAGES ON TSING YI AND MA WAN, AND SPANNING ACROSS THE MA WAN CHANNEL BETWEEN TWIN 206-METRE HIGH TOWERS.
BRIDGE'S THE GAP
"THE BEGINNING OF CABLE INSTALLATION IS THE PIVOTAL POINT IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME OF ANY SUSPENSION BRIDGE," SAID MR CK LAU, THE GOVERNMENT ENGINEER OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
"IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT THAT THIS POINT WAS REACHED ON TIME, JUST OVER TWO YEARS AFTER WORK STARTED ON THE SITE LATE IN MAY 1992. THIS IS EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IN VIEW OF THE MAGNITUDE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE BRIDGE.
H
/"THIS ACHIEVEMENT