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Friday, August 10, 1973

A government spokesman said that the decision to award the licences

follows the recommendations of a special government committee under the

chairmanship of Mr. Jack Cater. This committee examined three tenders, one

for the dual channel and two for the single channel service. The tenders

closed on May 11, 1973.

Commenting on the government decision, the Secretary to the selection

committee said that the committee had taken advice from.government departments

and the Television Advisory Board. They had also interviewed the applicant

companies to give them an opportunity to elaborate on their proposals with

the committee.

The committee had considered the ownership, organization, financial

resources and technical engineering proposals of the three applicant companies,

They had also paid particular attention to the types of programmes the companies

had proposed and their ability to maintain the services offered.

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He added that the committee had had a difficult task, especially with

the two applications for the single channel (Chinese language) service. Both

of these applications were well thought out and skilfully presented.

In all their deliberations, the committee's first consideration had

been which proposals would best serve the public interest.

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