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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994
HK TO REMAIN ECONOMIC HUB
THE
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN
PLANS TO SERVICES
HAS COMPLETED ITS REVIEW OF MOBILE
ITS HONG KONG AND DETAILS OF APPLICATIONS FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS (PCS) AND OTHER NEW CORDLESS TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
INVITE
THIS WAS
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE DISCLOSED
SECRETARY HE ECONOMIC
WHEN SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU,
ELABORATED ON GOVERNMENT'S POLICY COMMITMENTS GIVEN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
FOR
THE
ΤΟ
MR SIU SAID THE REVIEW CONCLUDED THAT WITH DEMAND FOR CELLULAR
A
THE GROWING AT
PER YEAR, PHONES
RATE OF 30 PER CENT
EXISTING NETWORKS WOULD REACH CAPACITY IN A FEW YEARS TIME.
"AN
EFFICIENT
AND ADVANCED
SYSTEM TELECOMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIAL TO ANY MODERN ECONOMY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND UPGRADE OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TO PROVIDE THE WIDEST OF QUALITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AT AFFORDABLE PRICES TO
! PRIVATE CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS OPERATORS, MR SIU SAID.
IS
AND
CHOICE BOTH
**
RATES ARE HONG KONG'S TELEPHONE AND MOBILE PHONE PENETRATION AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE NOW OVER ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS TO 35 LICENSED RADIO PAGING SERVICES, 357,000 SUBSCRIBERS
то SUBSCRIBERS TO SEVEN MOBILE TELEPHONE NETWORKS AND 160,000 THREE LICENSED CT2 "TELEPOINT" NETWORKS.
THE
TECHNOLOGY
EXPAND OUR MORE
"SIX NEW MOBILE PHONE LICENCES USING THE LATEST PCS WILL BE
WILL ISSUED IN EARLY 1995 AND THE NEW SERVICES NETWORK CAPACITY TO OVER 1.25 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS, AND INTRODUCE VIGOROUS COMPETITION IN THE MARKET, MR SIU SAID.
MR DEVELOPMENTS
SIU SAID
++
THE
GOOD PROGRESS WAS BEING MADE ON THE VARIOUS AIMED AT ENHANCING
KONG'S POSITION AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS HUB IN THE REGION.
TO LICENCE
ALLOW
HONG
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
AND
FOR INTRA
NEXT
-
OF
A NEW
TO SELF-PROVIDE PRIVATE EXTERNAL CIRCUITS ORGANISATIONS CORPORATE COMMUNICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATION IN THE
A FEW MONTHS;
BILL PROVIDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORDINANCE AND THE INCORPORATION OF THE REMNANTS THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1995; AND PORTABLE TELEPHONE ARE EXPECTED TO SAVE CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES MORE THAN $1 THE NEXT 15 YEARS, WILL BE INTRODUCED WHEN FIXED NETWORK SERVICES ARE
OPENED TO COMPETITION IN JULY NEXT YEAR.
COUNCIL WHICH BILLION IN
NUMBERS,
THE
MAINTAINING HONG MR SIU SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO KONG'S POSITION AS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE, SERVING RAPIDLY GROWING REGION AND LINKING CHINA WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
AIRPORT
OF THE
**THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT HONG KONG'S
CAN MEET THE GROWTH IN USER DEMAND AND TIMELY PORT AND AIRPORT STRATEGY
PORT IMPLEMENTATION
AND
IS
A
KEY
TO
ACHIEVING
THIS
OBJECTIVE.
"
/ON THE
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