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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION OF 12.12.72

The Council considered memorandum XCC(72)91.

The Council ADVISED and the Governor ORDERED:

(a) that the Telecommunication Ordinance

(Chapter 106) be amended to exclude ADS from the category of telecommunication apparatus requiring a licence and that separate consideration be given to the need for legislation to ensure that it is used solely for relay purposes and is installed with due regard for public safety;

(b) that consideration be given to the inclusion

of a number of closely adjacent buildings under common ownership within the definition of ADS;

(c) that the Telecommunication Ordinance be

amended to permit the Telecommunications Authority to issue CATV licences, subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 15 of the memorandum and such other conditions as he may consider desirable;

(d) that no licence for the operation of advanced cable systems be issued until the feasibility of and need for these in Hong Kong has been established;

(e) that the extension of the existing licence offered to Rediffusion for the period from its expiry to the "on-zir" date of the second wireless television licensee be on the same terms and conditions as at present.

J. C. A. HAMMOND

Clerk of Councils

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