Communications in Hong Kong includes a wide-ranging and sophisticated network of radio,television,telephone,Internet,and related online services,reflecting Hong Kong's thriving commerce and international importance.
Local loop unbundling is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators to use connections from the telephone exchange to the customer's premises. The physical wire connection between the local exchange and the customer is known as a "local loop",and is owned by the incumbent local exchange carrier. To increase competition,other providers are granted unbundled access.
Modern telecommunications in Thailand began in 1875 with the deployment of the first telegraph service. Historically,the development of telecommunication networks in Thailand were in the hands of the public sector. Government organisations were established to provide telegraph,telephone,radio,and television services,and other government agencies,especially the military,still control a large estate of radio and television spectra. Private telecommunication operators initially acquired concession agreements with state enterprises. For mobile phone services,all the concessions have been amended by successive government to last 25 years have gradually ended in 2015. For other services,the concession terms and conditions vary,ranging from one to fifteen years. Nearly all of the concessions are build-operate-transfer (BTO) contracts. The private investor has to build all the required facilities and transfer them to the state before they can operate or offer services to public.
Hong Kong's media consists of several different types of communications of mass media:television,radio,cinema,newspapers,magazines,websites and other online platforms.
Andy Lau Tak-wah is a Hong Kong actor,singer-songwriter and film producer. He has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s,performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time. In the 1990s,Lau was branded by the media as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop and was named as "Fourth Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB during the 1980s. In the Philippines,he was previously given the screen name Ricky Chan.
The Communications Authority is a statutory body responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in Hong Kong. It was formed in 2012 through a merger of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority,Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority,and the Telecommunications Authority. The organisation is authorized to investigate complaints made regarding programmes,issue warnings and fines,or even suspend the license of the radio or television station.
The Society For Truth And Light is a pressure group with an official mission of "address[ing] social ethics,media behaviour,and sex culture in Hong Kong" from a Christian Right point of view "to care the society and service people through research,monitoring,education and publishing."
Citizens' Radio is a radio station in Hong Kong established by pro-democracy camp figure Tsang Kin Shing (曾健成). The station is run as a non-profit organization. It started trial broadcasting on 3 October 2005 on 102.8 MHz FM. The regular broadcasting hours are 7:00 pm–12:00 pm from Monday to Friday. The programmes can be heard in parts of Hong Kong Island,most of Kowloon,and on the Internet.
The Hong Kong motion picture rating system is a legal system of movie screening and rating. An official government agency issues ratings for any movie that will be shown in Hong Kong cinemas.
Lai Tak Tsuen is a public housing estate at 2 –38 Lai Tak Tsuen Road,Tai Hang,Causeway Bay,Hong Kong. Built in 1975,it is one of the first public housing developments in Hong Kong. It was the second self-funded rental project of the Hong Kong Housing Society. The housing estate was named after a Hong Kong government officer,Michael Wright,who had served the Government of Hong Kong for more than 30 years.
The television industry in China includes high-tech program production,transmission and coverage. China Central Television is China's largest and most powerful national television station. By 1987,two-thirds of people in China had access to television,while today,over 3,000 channels are available in the country.
In general,there is relatively little Internet censorship in Hong Kong beyond laws that criminalize the distribution of unlicensed copyrighted material and obscene images,particularly child pornography when compared to the rest of China. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights elaborates on these and other rights enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong.Although Hong Kong law provides freedom of speech and press,and freedom of expression is protected by the Hong Kong Bill of Rights,the Hong Kong national security law gives the government the power "take down any electronic messages published" that the government considers to endanger national security. The government has blocked several anti-government,doxxing or politically sensitive websites after the commencement of the law,leading to increased concerns of Internet censorship in Hong Kong.
Ir Albert Lai is the Climate Strategy Leader of Deloitte China and the former CEO of Carbon Care Asia,a mission-driven business in carbon strategy and sustainability innovation. He is the founding chairman of The Professional Commons,an independent public policy think-tank and the Hong Kong People’s Council for Sustainable Development,as well as founding Vice-Chairman of the Civic Party. He also served as a member of the Commission on Strategic Development,and a member of the Strategy Sub-Committee,Council for Sustainable Development,Hong Kong SAR Government.
The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) is an executive arm of the Communications Authority in Hong Kong. It is the body responsible for telecommunications regulation,antitrust enforcement and allocation of the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Eva Cheng,GBS was the Secretary for Transport and Housing and the chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority in the Hong Kong Government.
Telecommunications in Taiwan comprise the following communication media,deployed in the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China and regulated by the National Communications Commission of the Executive Yuan.
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for policy matters on Hong Kong's external commercial relations,inward investment promotion,intellectual property protection,industry and business support,tourism,consumer protection and competition,as well as broadcasting,film-related issues,overall view of creative industries,development of telecommunications,and control of obscene and indecent articles in Hong Kong.
In architecture,construction,and real estate,floor area,floor space,or floorspace is the area taken up by a building or part of it. The ways of defining "floor area" depend on what factors of the building should or should not be included,such as external walls,internal walls,corridors,lift shafts,stairs,etc. Generally there are three major differences in measuring floor area.
The Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority (HKBA) was an organisation responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting industry in Hong Kong. It was formed in 1987. The organisation was authorised to investigate complaints made regarding programmes,issue warnings and fines,or even suspend the license of the radio or television station.
