TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1976
WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY
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LOCAL AMATEUR RADIO ENTHUSIASTS CAN TAKE PART IN TWO EVENTS ORGANISED AS PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS OF WORLD TELE- COMMUNICATIONS DAY WHICH FALLS ON MAY 17, THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
IN GENEVA, THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB (IARC) WILL BE OPERATING THE WORLD'S ONLY INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO STATION.
THOSE WHO CONTACT THE STATION BY USING THE CALL SIGN 408ITU WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL QSL (ACKNOWLEDGEMENT) CARD.
GENEVA IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (ITU) TO WHICH 148 STATES NOW BELONG.
MEANWHILE. THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OF BRAZIL IS ORGANISING A WORLD-WIDE AMATEUR RADIO CONTEST.
THE ITU TROPHY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE COUNTRY GAINING THE MOST POINTS WHILE MEDALS AND DIPLOMAS WILL BE AWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES,
COPIES OF THE RULES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG AMATEUR RADIO TRANSMITTING SOCIETY, MR. JOHN SWEENEY, WHO CAN BE CONTACTED ON TELEPHONE 5-238111 EXTENSION 408 OR AT P.0. BOX 541.
ALL LICENSED AMATEURS IN HONG KONG BELONGING TO THE SOCIETY CAN TAKE PART IN BOTH EVENTS.
MAY 17 HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY AS IT WILL BE THE 111TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONVENTION IN PARIS, THUS MAKING THE ITU THE OLDEST INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION BELONGING TO THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM.
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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON JUNE 5, 1975 ON YEUNG TEI- SUN SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
YEUNG WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LAM KIT-LUNG.
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