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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1992

NEW FERRIES WITH HIGHER SPEED WILL BE USED ON THE TUEN MUN TSUEN WAN TO CENTRAL ROUTES.

AND

MRS CHAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THE FINAL DETAILS OF COMPANIES. THESE THESE MEASURES WITH THE CONCERNED PUBLIC TRANSPORT WILL BE INTRODUCED IN STAGES.

MANAGER

ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE GENERAL

YUEN. AND THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY, MR CHARLES LUI CHUNG ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (URBAN), MR LEE SHU CHEE.

OF

DIGITAL PUBLIC MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICES

AUTHORITY,

MR

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

10 PROPOSALS DOMINIC S.W. WONG,

(THURSDAY) THAT ANNOUNCED TODAY

HAD

INTERESTED IN OPERATING BEEN RECEIVED FROM CONSORTIA DIGITAL PUBLIC MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

MOST OF THESE CONSORTIA HAD LOCAL AND OVERSEAS PARTNERS.

ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE SHOWS THAT LOCAL MARKET THE

AND

THE FROM

OVERSEAS AND POTENTIAL

THE

ΤΟ SEE "I AM PLEASED

SUCH INDUSTRY. THIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

IN CONFIDENCE INVESTORS HAVE GREAT FUTURE OF HONG KONG,' MR WONG SAID.

+

AGAINST A CAPABILITY,

"THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED WILL BE EVALUATED CAREFULLY SET OF CRITERIA INCLUDING TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, FINANCIAL CORPORATE STRUCTURE, LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, AND QUALITY OF SERVICE.

"ALL THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO US CONFIDENCE FOR THE TIME BEING, HF SAID.

PLAN,

WILL BB KEPT IN STRICT

A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT TO BE MADE IN LATE JULY.

IS EXPECTED

IN JANUARY

THIS

YEAR

ANNOUNCED THE LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONG,

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AUTHORITY DIGITAL CELLULAR PHONE IN

(HONG KONG

COMPANY LTD AND PACIFIC LINK ANALOGUE SYSTEMS INTO DIGITAL SYSTEM

APART FROM PERMITTING THE THREE EXISTING OPERATORS TELECOM CSL LTD, HUTCHISON TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS LTD) TO CONVERT THEIR ONES, A NEW OPERATOR WILL BE LICENSED TO OPERATE A NEW DIGITAL BASED ON THE EUROPEAN GSM STANDARD.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 200,000 CELLULAR PHONE SUBSCRIBERS

IN THE

TERRITORY.

HONG KONG

HAS THE HIGHEST

PENETRATION RATE FOR HAND-HELD PORTABLE PHONES IN ANY SIZEABLE CELLULAR PHONE MARKET IN THE WORLD.

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