Cable Television
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Sir, the Government has already announced on 10
July its acceptance in principle of the introduction
of cable TV services in Hong Kong. An invitation
calling for expressions of interest to develop a cable
service was issued on 25 July and it has resulted in
the receipt of eight submissions before the end of
September. These submissions range from very detailed
and comprehensive proposals to provide a full cable TV
network for the whole territory, to simple requests to
provide a limited service in a particular area. A11
these are currently being studied by the Government.
Work is also in hand to formulate policies for cable
TV which will need to be spelled out in legislations
and in licence conditions. It is our intention to
invite formal tenders for cable TV licences some time
next year.
Sir, there remain a number of other more detailed
recommendations in the Broadcasting Review Board
Report which will be examined shortly by the Executive
Council. Some may be better left for the future
Broadcasting Authority to consider.
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