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CONFIDENTIAL

Annex B

M. 18

ORDERED:

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION ON 26.7.38

The Council considered memorandum XCC (88) 105.

The Council ADVISED and the Acting Governor

(a) that

the cable television networkK licensee should be

under

restriction as to

foreign ownership, but that television

cable

broadcasting licensee should

the

be

sublect

costrictions

to

the

same

as

regards

foreign ownership as are now applied to tne wireless TV licensees;

that proposals fron Hong Kong

(b)

and

abroad

territory-vide

for

a single cable

TV

system should be called for

in

September

subject Co

this

year

the following

conditions in addition to

those agreed by Council on 12 July 1988 :

(±) there should

be

ΠΟ

cross-ownership exceeding 15% between the CTV broadcasting licensee and existing or Future WTV or radio licensees;

(11) the CTV broadcasting

licensee would not

permitted to

be

lease

whole channels to tuird

parties

approval

of

witnout

the

Broadcasting Authority;

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