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Wednesday, January 31, 1973

One of these concerned the provision enabling the Governor-in-Council,

when renewing a licence, to alter the terms under which the licensee was operating

The Attorney General said it had been argued that the Ordinance made

no provision for notice to be given to the licensee of proposed changes and

that these might substantially prejudice the operations and interests of the

licensee company.

The Government was prepared however to put forward, in due course,

an amending bill to provide for an appropriate period of notice to be given

to a licensee when his licence was being considered for renewal.

He added that these amendments would not apply to the first renewal

of TVB's licence, which was expected to take place during the next few months.

Another amendment the Government was prepared to make, he said, would

provide for an adequate period of notice to be given to any licensee affected

by a change of frequency required by the Telecommunications Authority.

The amendment would also enable the licensee to make representations

to the Authority and give him the right to appeal to the Governor-in-Council

against the decision of the Authority.

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