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1648

No. 9 of 1925.

TELEPHONE.

Specified exchanges to be provided.

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Provided that the company shall not be held responsible for any interruption of or irregularity in the telephone service which may be occasioned by or required by the Director for the purpose of any such testing as aforesaid:

Provided also that the testing shall not be made in regard to any particular portion of the works oftener than once in any one year except in pursuance of a written order made in each case in that behalf by the Director.

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32. The company shall provide and equip to the satisfaction of the Director, in reinforced concrete and brick or similar fire-resisting material, in locations suitable for the purpose at Victoria, the Peak District, in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay, at Kowloon, New Kowloon and Taipo, and shall maintain and operate, suitable and adequate telephone exchanges, capable of expansion to meet the following requirements—

in the City of Victoria-10,000 subscribers;

in the Peak District-500 subscribers;

in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay-1,000 subscribers;

in Kowloon-10,000 subscribers;

in New Kowloon-1,000 subscribers;

in Taipo-500 subscribers,

and the company shall from time to time furnish such exchanges with all such fittings and apparatus as may be necessary to meet the requirements of such respective areas.

The company shall also, within such period of time as the Governor in Council may decide to be reasonable and after receipt of notice in that behalf from the Director, provide and equip in like manner such further exchanges as the Director may from time to time during the continuance of the concession by notice in writing require, but such further exchanges need not exceed in number two in that part of the Island of Hong Kong outside the boundaries of the City of Victoria and four in the New Territories. Each of such last mentioned exchanges shall be adequate for the requirements of the area concerned and shall be capable of such expansion as may appear to the Governor in Council to be reasonably necessary, and shall be

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.

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1648 No. 9 of 1925. TELEPHONE. Specified exchanges to be provided. + Provided that the company shall not be held responsible for any interruption of or irregularity in the telephone service which may be occasioned by or required by the Director for the purpose of any such testing as aforesaid: Provided also that the testing shall not be made in regard to any particular portion of the works oftener than once in any one year except in pursuance of a written order made in each case in that behalf by the Director. 1 32. The company shall provide and equip to the satisfaction of the Director, in reinforced concrete and brick or similar fire-resisting material, in locations suitable for the purpose at Victoria, the Peak District, in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay, at Kowloon, New Kowloon and Taipo, and shall maintain and operate, suitable and adequate telephone exchanges, capable of expansion to meet the following requirements— in the City of Victoria-10,000 subscribers; in the Peak District-500 subscribers; in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay-1,000 subscribers; in Kowloon-10,000 subscribers; in New Kowloon-1,000 subscribers; in Taipo-500 subscribers, and the company shall from time to time furnish such exchanges with all such fittings and apparatus as may be necessary to meet the requirements of such respective areas. The company shall also, within such period of time as the Governor in Council may decide to be reasonable and after receipt of notice in that behalf from the Director, provide and equip in like manner such further exchanges as the Director may from time to time during the continuance of the concession by notice in writing require, but such further exchanges need not exceed in number two in that part of the Island of Hong Kong outside the boundaries of the City of Victoria and four in the New Territories. Each of such last mentioned exchanges shall be adequate for the requirements of the area concerned and shall be capable of such expansion as may appear to the Governor in Council to be reasonably necessary, and shall be As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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1648 No. 9 of 1925. TELEPHONE. Specified exchanges to be provided. + Provided that the company shall not be held responsible for any interruption of or irregularity in the telephone service which may be occasioned by or required by the Director for the purpose of any such testing as aforesaid: Provided also that the testing shall not be made in regard to any particular portion of the works oftener than once in any one year except in pursuance of a written order made in each case in that behalf by the Director. : 1 32. The company shall provide and equip to the satisfac- tion of the Director, in reinforced concrete and brick or similar fire-resisting material, in locations suitable for the purpose at Victoria, the Peak District, in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay, at Kowloon, New Kowloon and Taipo, and shall maintain and operate, suitable and adequate telephone exchanges, capable of expansion to meet the following requirements— in the City of Victoria-10,000 subscribers; in the Peak District-500 subscribers; in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay-1,000 subscribers; in Kowloon-10,000 subscribers; in New Kowloon-1,000 subscribers; in Taipo-500 subscribers, and the company shall from time to time furnish such exchanges with all such fittings and apparatus as may be necessary to meet the requirements of such respective areas. The company shall also, within such period of time as the Governor in Council may decide to be reasonable and after receipt of notice in that behalf from the Director, provide and equip in like manner such further exchanges as the Director may from time to time during the continuance of the concession by notice in writing require, but such further exchanges need not exceed in number two in that part of the Island of Hong Kong outside the boundaries of the City of Victoria and four in the New Territories. Each of such last mentioned exchanges shall be adequate for the requirements of the area concerned and shall be capable of such expansion as may appear to the Governor in Council to be reasonably necessary, and shall be As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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1648

No. 9 of 1925.

TELEPHONE.

Specified exchanges to be provided.

+

Provided that the company shall not be held responsible for any interruption of or irregularity in the telephone service which may be occasioned by or required by the Director for the purpose of any such testing as aforesaid:

Provided also that the testing shall not be made in regard to any particular portion of the works oftener than once in any one year except in pursuance of a written order made in each case in that behalf by the Director.

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32. The company shall provide and equip to the satisfac- tion of the Director, in reinforced concrete and brick or similar fire-resisting material, in locations suitable for the purpose at Victoria, the Peak District, in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay, at Kowloon, New Kowloon and Taipo, and shall maintain and operate, suitable and adequate telephone exchanges, capable of expansion to meet the following requirements—

in the City of Victoria-10,000 subscribers;

in the Peak District-500 subscribers;

in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay-1,000 subscribers;

in Kowloon-10,000 subscribers;

in New Kowloon-1,000 subscribers;

in Taipo-500 subscribers,

and the company shall from time to time furnish such exchanges with all such fittings and apparatus as may be necessary to meet the requirements of such respective areas.

The company shall also, within such period of time as the Governor in Council may decide to be reasonable and after receipt of notice in that behalf from the Director, provide and equip in like manner such further exchanges as the Director may from time to time during the continuance of the concession by notice in writing require, but such further exchanges need not exceed in number two in that part of the Island of Hong Kong outside the boundaries of the City of Victoria and four in the New Territories. Each of such last mentioned exchanges shall be adequate for the requirements of the area concerned and shall be capable of such expansion as may appear to the Governor in Council to be reasonably necessary, and shall be

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.

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