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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1977

GROWING DEMAND FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ******

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR. KYLE BAMFORD TODAY CALLED ON THE RADIO ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG TO ASSIST IN CONTROLLING AND PREVENTING RADIO INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY THE ILLEGAL USE OF THE CITIZEN BAND EQUIPMENT IN HONG KONG.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR. BAMFORD SAID OVER RECENT MONTHS THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL CASES WHERE THE USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED AND ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN AGAINST OFFENDERS,

HOWEVER, HE SAID IT WAS APPRECIATED THAT MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT USED HAD BEEN OBTAINED FROM OVERSEAS.

MR. BAMFORD ALSO ASKED THE ASSOCIATION TO GIVE TECHNICAL ADVICE ON TV AERIAL INSTALLATION IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF TELEVISION VIEWERS IN HONG KONG AND THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN ENSURING THAT OPTIMUM RECEPTION CONDITIONS ARE OBTAINED+.

OVER THE PAST MONTHS, HE ADDED, HE HAD REPORTS OF LOCAL INTERFERENCE WHICH HAD BEEN TRACED TO TV BOOSTERS.

+EXCEPT UNDER CRITICAL CONDITIONS, PROPER AERIAL SELECTION AND INSTALLATION SHOULD OBVIATE THE NEED FOR SUCH UNITS, MR. BAMFORD POINTED OUT.

THE POSTMASTER SAID THAT THE PROLIFERATION OF NEW RADIO PRODUCTS, AT A PRICE WITHIN THE RANGE OF A WIDER SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY, PLACED ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON BOTH THE INDUSTRY SUPPLYING AND SERVICING THEM, AND ON THE POST OFFICE IN UNDERTAKING ITS REGULATORY FUNCTION.

+MY OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT PROVISION IS MADE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF NEW TECHNOLAS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO A MORE SOPHISTICATED SOCIETY BUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THIS IS RATIONAL AND ORDERLY AND WITH PROPER SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ABUSE, HE SAID.

SIX GOVT. CLINICS REMAIN OPEN DURING EASTER HOLIDAYS

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SIX GOVERNMENT CLINICS WILL REMAIN OPEN BETWEEN 9 A.M. AND 1 P.M. THROUGHOUT THE EASTER HOLIDAYS FROM APRIL 8 TO 11, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

THEY ARE THE VIOLET PEEL POLYCLINIC AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC IN SHAU KEI WAN ON HONG KONG ISLAND- THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB CLINICS IN KWUN TONG AND YAU MA TEI AND THE ROBERT BLACK HEALTH CENTRE IN KOWLOON- AND THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC IN TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT ALL OTHER GOVERNMENT OUT-PATIENT AND EVENING CLINICS WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.