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renew broadcast receiving licences and measures will have to be taken during the next financial year to enable these omissions to be rectified. Details of licences in force are shown at Table V.

Prosecutions

83. The results of prosecutions conducted by this department against persons contravening the Telecommunications Ordinance are given below:

Transmitting

1 case fined $2,000

Radio Broadcast Receiving

Electronic Industrial Machine

1 case fined $400

1 case

$300

>>

1 case

$200

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2 cases fined $20

Dealer's Licence

1 case fined $75

2 cases

**

$120 each

I case

$100

1 case

$80

**

1 case

$50

*9

1 case fined $30

1 case

$30

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2 cases fined $25 each

1 case

$20

**

1 case

$5

Telephone Allocation Committee

84. The administration of some 7,592 instruments, comprising 7,005 connected to the public telephone system and 587 inter-communication telephones in use by Government continued to be handled by the depart- ment. Technical advice on telephone communications was given to departments and specifications drawn up for equipment required. Main- tenance of inter-communication systems is let to private contract and was carried out satisfactorily during the period.

Broadcasting

85. The Government and Commercial broadcasting services con- tinued to supply programmes in both the English and Chinese languages and the second channel of the Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company's Chinese programme was brought into service on 16th June, 1963.

International Statistics

86.

Annual statistics covering the various telecommunications services and facilities in Hong Kong were provided to Berne for inclusion in international publications.

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