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Saturday, November 17, 1973

TELEVISION TRANSMISSION TESTS

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For the past ten days Rediffusion Television Limited, who

were recently granted the franchise for a second wireless television

service in Hong Kong, have been carrying out test transmissions from

Temple Hill in the New Territories.

These tests are being monitored by the staff of the Tele-

communications Authority and initial results are encouraging. The object

of the tests is to ensure that there is no disruption to the existing

services of Television Broadcasts Limited.

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spokesmen for the telecommunications Authority

said: The test will continue for at least another 12 days and, if these are

satisfactory, commercial transmissions in Chinese will commence next month."

At the moment only the main transmitter is operating and the

test card on Channel 23, in most cases, can only be received in the main

urban areas which also receive the main transmitter channels 21 and 25

of Television Broadcasts Limited.

If viewors have any comments on reception conditions of existing

services in their arca these might be useful to the engineers of the

Telecommunications Authority and callers are kindly asked to telephone

5-233191, extension 218, between 5 p.m. and midnight.

The spokesman said: "Subject to the satisfactory completion

of the tests, Rediffusion Television will start Chinese language transmissions

on December 1 and their English service is expected to open in April 1974.

Every effort is being made by all concerned to facilitate the introduction

of both new services as quickly as possible."

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