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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1990

"IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNOR BOTH TO BE THERE AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO ACTS FOR HIM SOME OF THE TIME. THIS IS THE SORT OF QUESTION WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE MOMENT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF BY 1995 HAVING AN ELECTED PRESIDENT.

"BUT THE GENERAL IMPRESSION ONE GETS FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY IN 1987 FOR INSTANCE, IS THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE THERE TOO QUICKLY. THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO THROUGH A TRANSITIONAL PHASE FIRST," SIR DAVID SAID.

WHEN ASKED HOW HE THOUGHT THE 20 PER CENT NATIONALITY RESTRICTION WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN 1995, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS QUITE DIFFICULT TO WORK OUT PRECISELY HOW TO DO IT, AND HE DID NOT KNOW, AT THE MOMENT, HOW THAT WAS GOING TO BE WORKED OUT IN PRACTICE.

ASKED IF HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO RESIGN, SIR DAVID SAID: "THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL HAS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB TO DO. HE HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON A WHOLE NUMBER OF VERY COMPLEX ISSUES, AND THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT HE HAS

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HE SAID THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW SEARCHING FOR A NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

DECISION ON SECOND GENERATION CORDLESS TELEPHONES SOON

A DECISION WOULD BE TAKEN WITHIN THREE MONTHS ON A SECOND GENERATION OF CORDLESS TELEPHONES WHICH COULD OPERATE WITHIN THE VICINITY OF RADIO RELAY STATIONS ALMOST ANYWHERE IN HONG KONG, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, MR DOMINIC WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

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SPEAKING AT A LUNCH OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHWEST, MR WONG SAID INCORPORATING A RADIO PAGER INTO CORDLESS TELEPHONES MAKE THEM MORE ATTRACTIVE WAS AN IDEA FOR THE ENTERPRISING

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"THE TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS ARE NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE, AND I WOULD EXPECT A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE AROUND MAY OR JUNE THIS YEAR, AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE INVITED," HE SAID.

LAST MONTH, THE POST OFFICE INVITED APPLICATIONS FOR NEW RADIO PAGING NETWORKS TO MEET GROWING DEMAND, AND UP TO 60 NEW CHANNELS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PURPOSE AND OTHER RELATED BUT INNOVATIVE SERVICES, MR WONG SAID.

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