TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1991
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STATEMENT ON SATELLITE TV PROGRAMME
IN RESPONSE TO
PRESS ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY SAID UNDER THE SATELLITE MASTER ANTENNA TELEVISION (SMATV) LICENCE, ANY SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME INTENDED FOR GENERAL RECEPTION MAY BE RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED BY A SMATV SYSTEM.
"A SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME IS CONSIDERED TO BE INTENDED FOR GENERAL RECEPTION IF IT IS NOT ENCRYPTED (SCRAMBLED), AND IF NO FEE IS LAWFULLY REQUIRED TO BE PAID BY VIEWERS OR BY SMATV SYSTEM OPERATORS FOR WATCHING THE PROGRAMME OR DISTRIBUTING IT FOR PRIVATE VIEWING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"IF A SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMME IS ENCRYPTED, IT MAY STILL BE REGARDED AS INTENDED FOR GENERAL RECEPTION IF NO PAYMENT OF FEE IS REQUIRED FOR RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING THE PROGRAMME AND THE PROGRAMME ORIGINATOR PUBLICLY DECLARES TRAT IT IS INTENDED FOR GENERAL RECEPTION, HE CONTINUED.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY UNSCRAMBLED SATELLITE TELEVISION PROGRAMMES RECEIVABLE IN HONG KONG WHICH MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SMATV SYSTEMS UNDER SMATV LICENCES.
ANTI-POLLUTION PROSECUTION FIGURE RELEASED
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN THE COURTS, DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, OF BREACHING ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION CURRENTLY ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
BASIS.
SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE REGULARLY ON A MONTHLY
THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COULD BE VERY TIME CONSUMING AND AS A RESULT THERE WAS SOMETIMES A LENGTHY TIME GAP BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE OFFENCE AND THE CONVICTION DATE.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF PROSECUTION CASES AND ASSOCIATED FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY YEAR:
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