TNAG-0351-FCO40-387-Future-of-broadcasting-in-Hong-Kong-1972 — Page 165

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Jon. C.8.

Mr. Harold Low called porter cap al jut

awn request and handed over the attaukot defter titok

lo supported verbally at one bength and with

considerable emotion.

I said I had overy wyupathy ráth bik

sin complay had picwered the field, and sad te

ariels of responsibility via a win towersuiker bi

However just as in the interests of repetition the

Government agreed to break the monopoly of Kallivuston

in favour of 170, now the soul principle required that competition abould oulet in vivo-wos delevision.

Other thiaga being equal the Soveechent noull baro

been glad to fall to with his surnetton at the newcomers whould operate la band 41, leaving Tr

Band 17.

mfortenatcly in the existing ciconantancos

in Hong Kong to do this would result la Cac effective

protongation of T¥9's coa@poly

IV

I approciato Chab

to share Band. y would caude 172 a good deal of

inconvenienow and work, but I was zosaved that the actual logs of viewers for We would be only marginal

Sly About 10%. On the otar hand the rest of the --

package, competition excepted, was relatively attractive.

Mr. Ine couteated that the lamp ut viewoza

3.

would be marginui.

Hd advice was that they would lowe

*

He met toyed that the overment's vio

www based on bad techuical advion.

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