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SIR DAVID ALSO SAID HE HOPED TO SEEK IN THE NEAR FUTURE ADVICE FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON WHETHER AND IN WHAT FORM CABLE TELEVISION SHOULD PROCEED.
+ONCE THAT ADVICE IS OBTAINED WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONSIDER ANY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN GREATER DETAIL.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT HE COULD NOT AT THIS STAGE SAY WHEN CABLE TELEVISION WOULD BEGIN OPERATION BECAUSE +EVEN AFTER POLICY APPROVAL HAS BEEN OBTAINED FOR CABLE TV TO BE ESTABLISHED, LEGISLATION WILL HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED BEFORE AN OPERATOR CAN BE LICENSED TO PROVIDE A CABLE TV SERVICE.+
+ IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE LICENSEE TO LAY ON THE NETWORK BEFORE ANY PROGRAMME CAN START TRANSMISSION, + HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID SAID HE UNDERSTOOD ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A CABLE TELEVISION WAS THAT A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMMES COULD BE PROVIDED TO CATER FOR MINORITY INTERESTS.
+CERTAINLY, THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWING PROGRAMMES ON CURRENT AFFAIRS AND HOME EDUCATION COURSES WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN THE LICENCE CONDITIONS ARE DRAWN UP,+ HE NOTED.
TAXI COMPLAINTS AVERAGE UNDER ONE A DAY
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THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT TAXI MALPRACTICES MADE TO THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT AVERAGES LESS THAN ONE A DAY. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR THOMAS SAID COMPLAINTS WERE GENERALLY MADE EITHER TO THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT OF THE TRANSPORT BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT OR DIRECT TO THE POLICE.
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT IN THE THREE YEARS BETWEEN OCTOBER 1982 AND SEPTEMBER 1985 NUMBERED 199, 106 AND 84 RESPECTIVELY.
THESE INVOLVED, IN TOTAL FOR THE THREE YEARS: NON-ADHERENCE TO DIRECT ROUTE, 36; CONDUCT OF DRIVER, 65; FAILURE TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGER, 125; AND OVERCHARGING, 163.
/MR THOLAS
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