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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1981

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CHARGES FOR NEW TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS APPROVED

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THE PROPOSED CHARGES FOR NEW TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS WHICH THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY PLANS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE CHARGES ARE FOR FOUR NEW TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY THE DUALINE 2+6 TELEPHONE SYSTEM, A NEW VERSION OF THE HANDSFREE UNIT, THE ATEA TELEPHONE AND THE AUTODIALLING UNIT.

IN MOVING THE MOTION WHICH ADDS TO PARTS I AND III OF THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE (CAP. 269) THE CHARGES FOR THE NEW SERVICES, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES THE HON P. JACOBS SAID THE RENTAL AND INSTALLATION CHARGES PROPOSED BY THE TELEPHONE COMPANY HAD BEEN EXAMINED BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE REASONABLE.

HE SAID THE NEW KEYLINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF TWO EXCHANGE LINES AND SIX EXTENSIONS. CALLS CAN BE MADE AND RECEIVED FROM ANY EXTENSION OVER EACH EXCHANGE LINE. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN INTERCOM FACILITY, AS WELL AS FACILITIES FOR HOLDING AND TRANSFERRING CALLS.

THE NEW VERSION OF THE HANDSFREE UNIT IS OFFERED IN ADDITION TO THE ONE WHICH HAS BEEN ON OFFER ON YEARLY RENTALS TERMS, MR JACOBS SAID.

THE ATEA TELEPHONE IS A SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENT WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HAS SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICE KEYS, WHILE THE AUTODIALLING UNIT CAN STORE UP TO 60 SEPARATE TELEPHONE NUMBERS, ANY ONE OF WHICH IT WILL ITSELF DIAL AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON.

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