TNAG-2316-FCO40-3360-Future-of-Hong-Kong-international-radio-call-signs-1991 — Page 8

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YOUR TELNOS 1623 AND 1624: ALLOCATION OF CALL SIGNS

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OUR ONLY GENERAL COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PAPER IN SECOND TUR IS THAT PARAGRAPH 6 NEEDS SOME REORDERING FOR GREATER CLARITY. WE THINK THE PARAGRAPH SHOULD BEGIN BY LISTING ALL/ALL THE

INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGNS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO HONG KONG. IT SHOULD THEN MAKE THE POINT THAT THE ''VR'' SIGN IS THE ONE PREDOMINANTLY USED. YOU COULD THEN, IF YOU WISH, GIVE THE SPECIFIC FIGURES LISTED IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF EXISTING PARAGRAPH 6 AND THE EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGNS IN THE SECOND SENTENCE.

2. OUR DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PAPER ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A) PARA 6: FOR CLARITY THE FIRST LINE SHOULD READ AS OF MARCH 1991 THE HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

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(B) PARA 7: TO STRENGTHEN THE CASE FOR AVOIDING DISRUPTION, WE SUGGEST REPLACING PRESENT PRACTICE' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE BY CALL SIGN USERS AND OPERATORS IN HONG KONG AND DELETING ''POSSIBLE'' FROM THE SECOND SENTENCE.

(C) PARA 8: THE THIRD SENTENCE SHOULD BE REMOVED TO THE END OF THIS PARAGRAPH OR SHOULD FORM A NEW PARAGRAPH ON ITS OWN.

(D) PARA 11: ADD NEW SECOND SENTENCE 'USERS OUTSIDE HONG KONG OF THE VR SERIES WOULD ALSO NEED ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE NEED TO CHANGE TO OTHER SERIES

IN THE LAST SENTENCE 'SEVERAL '' IS A LITTLE OVERSTATED GIVEN THAT THERE ONLY SIX YEARS LEFT. WOULD SUGGEST ''SOME YEARS''

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