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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1978

MED FUM-WAVE FREQUENCIES TO BE CHANGED

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HONG KONG'S MEDIUM-WAVE BROADCASTING FREQUENCIES WILL BE CHANGED FROM THE END OF NOVEMBER THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE RADIO RECEPTION.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON. F.K. LI, AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE MEASURES TO IMPROVE RADIC RECEPTION IN RESPECT OF CHINESE CHANNELS IN TAI PC DISTRICT.

THERE ARE FOUR CHINESE LANGUAGE RADIO CHANNELS IN HONG KONG, THREE IN THE MEDIUM FREQUENCY BAND (AM) AND ONE IN THE VERY HIGH FREQUENCY BAND (F).

RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG OPERATES THE FM SERVICE AND ONE OF THE AM SERVICES AND THE OTHER TWO A SERVICES ARE OPERATED BY COMMERCIAL RADIO.

+AM RECEPTION IN THE NORTHERN NE.. TERRITORIES IS NOT ALWAYS SATISFACTORY AS IT SUFFERS FROM INTERFERENCE FROM DISTANT TRANS- MITTERS USING FREQUENCIES SIMILAR TO THOSE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG,+ MR. LI SAID.

+RECEPTION DETERIORATES AT "IGHT WHEN INTERFERENCE CAN BE EXPERIENCED FROM TRANSMITTERS AT A DISTANCE OF UP TO 5,000 MILES,+ HE ADDED.

IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE RECEPTION OF THIS TYPE, MR. LI SAID, THE 1975 GENEVA CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUI,ICATIONS UNION DECIDED ON WORLD-WIDE CHANGES I LONG-WAVE AND MEDIUM-WAVE BROADCASTING FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS WITH EFFECT FROM THE END OF NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.

AS REGARDS RTHK'S FIT CHINESE LANGUAGE SERVICE, MR. LI ADDED, MOST LISTENERS IN THE TAI PO DISTRICT SHOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAI" A SATISFACTORY RECEPTION AT ALL TIMES WITH THE AID OF AN EXTERNAL AERIAL, ALTHOUGH HILLY TERRA CERTAIN AREAS DOES PRECLUDE

B RECEPTION OF AN ADEQUATE FI SIGNAL.

HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT IS ALADE OF THIS PPOELEM, AND IS CONSIDER INC 40. IPPOVERENTS IN RECEPTIOUALITY CAN BE CITAINED,+ MR. LI SAID.

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