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"This is part of our normal contact with officials of the Chinese government," Mrs Lau said.
"Since the re-organisation in 1995, the Home Affairs Department has taken on additional executive responsibilities, including the formulation of the Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy and the licensing of hotels, guesthouses, clubs and bedspace apartments.
"It would be useful to know more about the work of our counterparts in the Chinese Government and to exchange views with them, particularly on these aspects."
The delegation also comprises the Deputy Director of Home Affairs, Mr Lee Lap-sun; the Wan Chai District Officer, Mrs Elaine Tang; Senior Engineer of the Rural Planning and Improvement Strategy Section; a Senior Building Surveyor of the Office of Licensing Authority; and a Senior Liaison Officer.
The visit will end on October 12.
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Report on metering and billing approval scheme released
A report concerning the implementation of a metering and billing approval scheme which could be applied to the telecommunications carriers in Hong Kong for the next 15 years and beyond was released by the Telecommunications Authority (TA) today (Wednesday).
The
report was
prepared by the British Approval
Approval Board for Telecommunications (BABT) as part of a consultancy study for the implementation of a telecommunications meter approval scheme for the fixed, the mobile and the international service operators.
The objective of the study is to address the concerns of customers regarding the accuracy of the bills issued by these telecommunications operators.
TA expected that the establishment of such a scheme would satisfactorily address these concerns and help to instil customer confidence in the metering and billing operations of these telecommunications operators.