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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991

ARE

"THE MAIN CHARGES PROPOSED BY THE COMPANY FOR THIS SERVICE

A RENTAL CHARGE OF CONNECTION CHARGE OF $3,000 PER SYSTEM AND $46,200 PER SYSTEM PER ANNUM, MRS CHAN SAID.

A

COUNTRY THE LAST NEW SERVICE PROPOSED BY THE COMPANY WAS THIRD

CALLING.

"PRESENTLY,

COMPANY *CALLING OF HONG KONG TELEPHONE HOLDERS CARDS' MAY ONLY USE THEM TO MAKE CALLS TO AND FROM HONG KONG.

THEIR THAN HONG

"WITH THIRD COUNTRY CALLING, HOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE CALLING CARDS WHILST ABROAD TO MAKE CALLS TO PLACES OTHER KONG.

"FOR THIS FACILITY, THE COMPANY PROPOSES A SURCHARGE OF $11 PER THE AND OPERATING CALL

ESTABLISHING MADE, TO COVER THE COST OF

申中 MRS CHAN EXPLAINED. NECESSARY CARD VERIFICATION AND BILLING SYSTEMS,

OF USING A

CALLING

MAIN

CARD THE

ADVANTAGE

WAS THAT INTERNATIONAL CALLS MADE ABROAD WERE BILLED TO THE HOLDER'S ACCOUNT IN HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY NOTED.

SHE ADDED

THAT

THE PROPOSED

CHARGES HAD BEEN

EXAMINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICES.

THOROUGHLY REASONABLE

GOVT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO PROMOTE HK'S INT'L TIES

THE

ΤΟ CONTINUING ITS ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE GOVERNMENT

AND TRADE

BCONOMIC EFFORTS IN PROMOTING HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL

THE HON RELATIONSHIPS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING

MING-FUN,

BIR

CHENG A QUESTION BY THE HON PAUL TO PIERS SAID HONG KONG BELIEVED IN AND PRACTISED FREE TRADE.

"FIRST,

THE

OF INTERNATIONAL WE PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN A NUMBER ORGANISATIONS TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION AND TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

"FOR

WE EXAMPLE,

CONTRACTING ARE A SEPARATE

17 HE SAID. GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE,

TO PARTY

THE

OF

THE

CO-OPERATION

HONG KONG ALSO,

WAS A MEMBER

CUSTOMS COUNCIL AND THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, SIR PIERS ADDED.

"SECONDLY,

OFFICES IN WE HAVE ESTABLISHED ECONOMIC AND TRADE PLACES WHICH HAVE STRONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG.

/"THIS FACILITATES