A spokesman for the Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch said today (Wednesday): "Under these regulations, VOD programme service licensees as well as commercial television and subscription television licensees will be subject to similar regulations on advertising, programming, royalty and licence fee payments.
"Programme service licensees will also be subject to full cost-recovery licence fees. However, given the concessions extended to other television and radio licensees, this will be phased in over five years. Accordingly, each programme service licensee will only have to pay 20 per cent of the full cost in the first year (ie $394,590), 40 per cent in the following year and so on.
"Applications for programme service licences will be invited in the next few weeks, with the aim of issuing licences in the fourth quarter of the year," he added.
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Special marine traffic measures for fireworks display
The Marine Department, Marine Police and the Fire Services Department will jointly implement a series of marine traffic arrangements in the Ma Wan and Kap Shui Mun Fairways to ensure safety during Lantau Link opening ceremony fireworks display on April 27 (Sunday).
At a press conference announcing the detailed arrangements this (Wednesday) afternoon, Marine Department's Senior Marine Officer/Harbour Patrol Section, Mr Chung Siu-man, said that the fireworks would be discharged from three barges moored in the Ma Wan Fairway north of the Tsing Ma Bridge.
Also, a boat flotilla will be formed as part of the opening ceremony at the south of the Tsing Ma Bridge.
Mr Chung said that an area encompassing the barges and boat flotilla would be established as a restricted area between 3 pm and 10.30 pm on April 27.
"The restricted area," he noted, "is bounded on the north by a straight line joining Ngau Lan Tsui, northeast corner of Ma Wan Island to the northwest corner of Tsing Yi Island.
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