I am tempted to believe that anything the totalitarian Chinese government pronounces is simply suited to its own (ie Chicom) convenience, regardless of science, technology, or common sense.
But then how does one explain the equally befuddling attitude of Indian airwave regulation? Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com ----- Original Message ---- From: George Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 10 September, 2008 8:23:16 Subject: [Asiapacific-general] Hong Kong bans pirate radio as "air traffic risk" ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [MRN] Hong Kong bans pirate radio as "air traffic risk" From: "radtimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, September 9, 2008 10:32 To: Recipient list suppressed:; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong bans pirate radio as "air traffic risk" http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnHKG173933.html Thu 4 Sep 2008 HONG KONG (Reuters) - A pirate Hong Kong radio station run by democratic activists was ordered to cease broadcasting days before a city-wide legislative council election after the broadcasts were deemed a risk to air traffic control. Hong Kong's Telecommunications Authority served a notice to Citizens' Radio to stop all broadcasts after a complaint from the Civil Aviation Department that the station's radio transmissions posed a potential aviation threat. "The interference may pose potential hazard to aircraft operation," the Office of the Telecommunications Authority said in a statement. The organisers of the radio station, which has a pro-democracy agenda and runs a variety of shows including one hosted by gay youngsters, slammed the muzzle order as political suppression ahead of Sunday's election, in which the pro-democracy camp faces a tough fight to maintain its influence. The telecoms watchdog said it would take "enforcement action" against Citizens' Radio if it failed to get off the air in Hong Kong, a former British colony which returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Analysts say Hong Kong's pan-democracy camp could struggle in the polls, with a surge in post-Olympic Chinese nationalism possibly swelling public support for pro-Beijing candidates. .
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