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Sir,

Speech by Mr P. Jacobs, Secretary for Economic Services, in the Legislative Council on 13 March 1985

Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited Interconnection Charges for Public Mobile Radiotelephone Services

Order Paper.

I move the motion standing in n my name in the

2.

In November 1982 certain telecommunication

Among

services provided by the Hong Kong Telephone Company

Limited, including public mobile radiotelephone services,

were excluded from the Company's Scheme of Control.

the conditions imposed on that occasion was one requiring

the Telephone Company to provide a connection for these

deregulated services to the public telephone network,

subject to a fee or charge to cover the cost and the

lelephone Company's permitted return. Following

deregulation, licences for operating public mobile

radiotelephone services were granted to Communication

Services Limited, Hutchison Radio Telephone Limited, and

China Telecom Systems Limited.

/3.

Sir,