RADIOCOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS

RADIOCOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS

TELECOMMUNICATION.
Subsidiary legislation under this Chapter, with subsequent
amendments (if any) incorporated, is set out as
follows- Page
Radiocommunication Regulations 216
Radiotelegrams (Charges) Regulations 254

RADIOCOMMUNICATION REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 106).
(Ordinance No. 18 of 1936).

[1st October, 1936.]

1. In these regulations-
'administration' means a Government Administration;
'aeronautical service' means a radiocommunication service effected
between aircraft stations and land stations and by aircraft stations
communicating between themselves. The term applies also to fixed
and special radiocommunication services intended to ensure the
safety of air navigation;
'aeronautical station' means a land station performing a service with
aircraft stations. It may be a fixed station assigned also for
communication with aircraft stations; it is then considered as an
aeronautical station only during the period of its service with
aircraft stations;
'aircraft station' means a station placed on board any aircraft ;
'amateur station' means a station used by an amateur, that is by a duly
authorized person, interested in radioelectrical practice with a
purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;
'auxiliary route' means a route other than the normal route, but passing
through the same countries as the normal route;

*See also Cap. 50, rules, Importation and Exportation (Radio) Prohibition Order.





'band of frequencies of an emission' means the band of frequencies
effectively occupied by that emission, for the type of transmission
and the speed of signalling used;
'booking of a call' means the first request made by the caller for an
international telephone call;
'call' means the effect given to the booking of a call when
communication has been established between the calling
telephone station and the called telephone station;
'chargeable duration of a telephone call' means the period of time
which serves as the basis for calculating the charge for the call;
'coast station' means a land station performing a service with ship
stations. It may be a fixed station assigned also for communication
with ship stations; it is then considered as a coast station only
during the period of its service with ship stations;
'Contracting Government' means the government of a country which is
a signatory to the Telecommunication Convention;
'direct call' means a telephone call established by means of a single
international telephone circuit;
'direct transit circuit' means an international telephone circuit passing
through one or more transit countries and having no intermediate
telephone exchange;
'direction-finding station' means a station provided with special
apparatus intended to determine the direction of emissions of other
stations;
'emergency route' means route which passes through countries other
than the countries through which the normal route passes;
'fixed service' means a service of radioelectric communications of all
kinds between fixed points, with the exception of broadcasting
services and special services;
'fixed station' means a station not capable of moving which
communicates, by means of radiocommunications, with one or
more stations similarly established;
'frequency assigned to a station' means the mid-frequency of the band
of frequencies in which the station is authorized to work. In
general, this frequency is that of the carrier wave;





'frequency tolerance' means the maximum deviation permissible
between the frequency assigned to a station and the actual
frequency of emission;
'general telecommunications system' includes the whole of the existing
channels of telecommunication open to the public service, except
the radiocommunication channels of the mobile service;
'government telegrams and radio telegrams' means those originating
with
(a) the Head of a State;
(b) a Minister who is a member of a Government;
(c) the Head of a colony, protectorate, overseas territory or
territory tinder suzerainty, authority or mandate of the
Contracting Governments;
(d) Commanders in Chief of military forces, land, sea or air;
(e) diplomatic or consular agents of the Contracting
Governments;
(f)the Secretary General of the United Nations and also
the replies to such communications;
'International service' means a telecommunication service between
offices or stations of different countries or between stations of the
mobile service, unless these latter are of the same nationality and
are within the limits of the country to which they belong. An
internal or national telecommunication service, which is capable of
causing interference with other services outside the limits of the
country in which it operates, is considered as an international
service from the point of view of interference ;
'International telephone circuit' means a telephone circuit connecting
two telephone exchanges situated in two different countries ;
'land station' means a station not capable of moving which performs a
mobile service;
'mobile service' means a radiocommunication service effected between
mobile stations themselves, special services excluded;
'mobile station' means station capable of moving which ordinarily
does move;
'normal route' means the route which must be chosen in the first
place for the passing of telephone traffic in a particular service;

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'power of a radioelectric transmitter' means the power supplied to the
aerial.
In the case of a modulated wave transmitter, the power in the
aerial is expressed by two figures, one indicating the power of the
carrier wave supplied to the aerial and the other the maximum
percentage of modulation actually used;
'private enterprise' means any individual or any company or
corporation other than a governmental establishment or agency,
recognized by the Government concerned, and operating
telecommunication installation with a
view to the exchange of public correspondence;
'private experimental station' means a private station intended for
experiments with a view to the development of radioelectric
practice or science;
'private radiocommunication station' means a private station, not open
to public correspondence, which is authorized solely to exchange
with other such stations communications concerning the private
business of the licensee or licensees;
'private telegrams and radiotelegrams' means telegrams and
radiotelegrams other than service or Government telegrams and
radiotelegrams;
'public correspondence' means any telecommunication which the
offices and stations, by virtue of their availability to the public,
must accept for transmission
'public service' means a service for the use of the public in general;
'radiodistribution' means diffusion or rediffusion by means of wires of
radiotelephonic messages and programmes, or other matter
specifically intended to be received by the public in general;
'radiodistribution service' means a service carrying out diffusion or
rediffusion by means of wires of radiotelephonic messages and
programmes, or other matter specifically intended to be received by
the public in general;
'radiodistribution station' means a station performing a radiodistribu-
tion service;
'radiobeacon station' means a special station of which the emissions
are intended to enable a ship or aircraft station to determine its
bearing or a direction in relation to the





radiobeacon station, and, if practicable, also the distance which
separates it from the latter;
'radiocommunication' means any telecommunication by means of
Hertzian waves;
'radiocommunication station' includes every apparatus or collection of
apparatus which can be used for radiocommunication or radio
distribution, whether for transmitting or receiving or for
transmitting and receiving and whether such apparatus or
collection of apparatus be complete or not;
'radiotelegram' means a telegram originating in or destined for a mobile
station, and transmitted over all or part of its course by the
radiocommunication channels of the mobile service;
'refused call': A call is deemed refused when, at the moment at which it
is offered, any person at either the calling or called telephone
station indicates at once that it is not practicable or that it is not
desired to speak;
'restricted service' means a service which may only be used by
specified persons or for particular purposes;
'service telegrams and radiotelegrams' means those originating with
telecommunication Administrations of the Contracting
Governments or of any private enterprise recognized by one of
those Governments and relating to international telecommunication
or to objects of public interest mutually agreed upon by such
Administrations;
'ship station' means a station placed on board a ship not permanently
moored;
'special service' means a telecommunication service operating specially
for the needs of a particular service of general interest not open to
public correspondence, such as: a radiobeacon service, direction-
finding, time signals, regular meteorological bulletins, notices to
navigators, press messages addressed to all stations, medical
advice (radiomedical consultations), calibrated frequencies
emissions having a scientific object, etc. ;
'station on board' means a station placed on board a ship not
permanently moored, or on board an aircraft;
'telecommunication' means any telegraphic or telephonic
communication of signs, signals, writing, facsimiles and sounds of
any kind, by wire, wireless or any other





system or process of electric signalling or visual signalling or by
means of pneumatic tubes;
'Telecommunication Convention' means the Convention signed at
Atlantic City on the 2nd day of October, 1947, and the Regulations
made thereunder and includes any Convention and Regulations
which may from time to time be in force in substitution therefor or
in amendmerit thereof.
'telegram' includes also 'radiotelegram,' except when the text expressly
precludes such a meaning;
'telegraph' means an electric, galvanic or magnetic telegraph, and
includes appliances and apparatus for transmitting, receiving or
making telecommunication, but does not include electric
appliances and apparatus, other than radio, the operation and
scope of which is limited to communication concerning the affairs
of the sender or receiver thereof and confined to a single messuage
or tenement or works area;
'telegraphy' means telecommunication by any system of telegraph
signalling;
'telephone broadcasting service' means a service carrying out the
broadcasting of radiotelephone emissions specifically intended to
be received by the public in general ;
'telephone broadcasting station' means a station performing a
telephone broadcasting service;
'telephone circuit' means an electrical connexion permitting the
establishment of telephone communication in both directions
between two telephone exchanges;
'telephone exchange' means an installation permitting the
establishment of telephone calls;
'telephony' means telecommunication by any system of telephone
signalling;
'terminal exchanges' means exchanges connected directly by an
international circuit;
'transit call' means a telephone call established by means of more than
one international telephone circuit;
'unit charge in a particular international service' means the charge
proper to an ordinary call of three minutes duration exchanged
during the period of heavy traffic;
'visual broadcasting service' means a service carrying out the
broadcasting of visual images, fixed or moving, specifically
intended to be received by the public in general;





'visual broadcasting station' means a station performing
a visual broadcasting service.
2. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General, hereinafter
referred to as the licensing authority, to grant the following
licences and certificates
(a) fixed, coast, aeronautical, ship and aircraft stations;
(b) amateur and private experimental station licences;
(c) broadcast receiving licences;
(d) dealers licences;
(e) operators and watchers certificates of proficiency;
(f) radio distribution station licences;
(g) limited receiving and publishing radio station licences;
(h) wireless telegraphy school licences;
(i) experimental station licences;
(j) private business wirelessm licence;
3. Licences and certificates of proficiency granted by the
licensing authority under these regulations shall be licences or
certificates, as the case may be, of the Governmerit of Hong
Kong within the meaning of any telecommunication convention
froin time to time or at any time acceded to by or applied to this
Colony, and of any regulations made thereunder.
4. No person shall offer for sale, sell, or have in his
possession with a view to sale in the course of his business any
installation, mechanism, instrument, material or other apparatus
constructed for the purpose of or intended to be used for
radiocommunication in the Colony, unless such person is the
holder of a current dealer's licence, or is a licensed auctioneer or
the holder of a current letter of exemption or permit of sale
granted by the licensing authority.
5. It shall be lawful for the licensing authority to grant a letter
of exemption or permit of sale to any licensed auctioneer or other
person upon such conditions as the. licensing authority may in his
discretion think fit to impose.
6. Every licensed auctioneer or person to whom a letter of
exemption or permit as aforesaid shall have been granted shall
duly observe and comply with the conditions thereof.





7. The grant of every licence, certificate, letter of exemption, and
permit under these regulations shall be discretionary.
8. Licences, letters of exemption and permits may be cancelled at
any time upon such notice by the licensing authority. as lie may think
fit, without compensation and without return of any part of the fee, if
any, paid therefor.
9. Certificates may be endorsed or withdrawn, at the discretion of
the licensing authority, in case of breach, on the part of the holders
thereof, of any of the relevant international telecommunication
regulations, or in case of misconduct by them in respect of such
regulations.
10. The form of and the fee for a radiodistribution station licence,
an experimental' station licence or a private business wireless licence
shall be determined by the licensing authority in each case. The forms of
other licences and the forms of certificates shall -be those set out
hereunder with such variations (if any) as the licensing authority may
think fit. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words,
variations necessary to cause licences and certificates to bc in
conformity with any telecommunication convention, or regulations made
thereunder, as aforesaid, may be made by the licensing authority as well
during the subsistence of any licence or certificates as on the grant
thereof.
11. Licences not sooner determined by these regulations or not
expressed to be granted for a shorter period shall expire on the 31st day
of December of the year of issue provided that
(a)ship station licences, aircraft station licences and amateur
station licences will continue in force as long as the renewal
fees are paid and the conditions of the licence complied with ;
(b)broadcast receiving licences will continue in force for one
year from the date of issue ;
(c)radio distribution licences will continue in force for the period
stated in such licences.
12. Subject to withdrawal or other lawful determination, certicates
shall continue in force as long as the same are required by any
telecommunication convention, or by regulations made thereunder, as
aforesaid.





13. The loss of any licence or certificate must be reported by
the licensee or holder concerned, to the licensing authority in
writing, and as soon as possible.

14. In case of loss of any licence or certificate it shall be
lawful for the licensing authority, in his discretion, to issue a
duplicate of the licence or certificate so lost. Unless and until a
duplicate of a lost licence or certificate shall be so issued, the lost
licence or certificate shall be deemed to have been cancelled or
withdrawn.

15. (1) The following licence fees shall be payable to the
licensing authority upon the issue of a licence

Licence. Fee. When renewal
fee payable.

Fixed, coast, aeronautical, As may be
experimental, radio dis- decided by the
tribution, or private licensing
business wireless authority.
station.

Ship station. $ 25 1st January
annually.

Aircraft station. $ 25 1st January
annually.
Radio dealers. $250 1st January
annually.
Wireless telegraphy $100 1st January
school. annually.
Limited receiving and $6oo 1st January
publishing radio annually.
station.
Broadcast receiving $ 20 Annually from
station. date of issue.





Licence. Fee. When renewal
Amateur Station. According to the
power authorized
by the licensing
authority

If power is io Annually from
watts, $20. date of issue.
If power is 25 Annually from
watts, $30. date of issue.

If power exceeds Annually from
25 watts, $40. date of issue.

(2) For an amateur station the following non-recurrent fees
shall be payable upon the issue of a licence
(a) If the power is io watts $10
(b) If the power exceeds io watts $20
(3) For an amateur station, on transfer from io watts to a
higher power a transfer fee of $ 10 shall be payable.
(4) For an amateur station the initial fees and transfer fees
are shown separately from the annual fees, which are payable in
addition at the time of granting of a licence or of transfer to
higher power. When a licensee is authorized to transfer to a
higher power, a rebate on the annual charge for the current
licence proportionate to the number of months still to run will be
made.
(5) For a duplicate of any licence or for the revision of the
particulars of any licence (other than change of address) a fee of
$1 shall be payable.
(6) The following examination fees for certificates of
proficiency for operators or watchers shall be payable to the
licensing authority.
For examination for-
(a) 1st Class Certificate $30
(b) 2nd Class Certificate $20





(e) Air Radio Operator's Endorsement ... ... $10
(d) 2nd Class (Far East Zone) Certificate ... ... $10
(e) Special Class Certificate ... ... - . ... ... $10
(f) Telephony 'General' Certificate ... ... ... $ 5
(g) A Watcher's Certificate ... ... ... ... ... $ 5
(7) For a duplicate of any certificate a fee as rnay be
decided by the licensing authority shall be payable.

16. The licensee of a ship station or of in aircraft station
shall forthwith deliver up the licence to the licensing authority-
(a)if the licence has been cancelled;
(b)if the licence has expired by effluxion of time;
(c)if the licensee has ceased to be the owner of the ship or
the aircraft;
(d)if the nationality of the ship or the aircraft has changed;
or
(e)if the port of registry of the ship or the aircraft has
been changed.
17. If any ship or aircraft in respect of which a wireless
telegraphy licence shall have been granted is absent from the
Colony at the tirne of expiry of such licence then and in such
case the production of the licence which shall have so expired, or
a copy certified by the licensing authority. to be a true copy
thereof, shall be deemed, until the next subsequent return of the
said ship or aircraft to the Colony of HonKong, to be prima facie
proof that the licensee therein named is the holder of a current
licence in like terms.

18. Every licensee and every holder of a certificate shall
forthwith comply with any requirement of the licensing-authority
for production, handing over or delivery up of his licence or
certificate, whether current or otherwise, to the licensing
authority.
19. All apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board any ship,
whether British or foreign, not having the status of a ship of war,
in the waters of the Colony or on any aircraft in or over the
Colony shall be worked in such a way as not to interfere with (a)
naval signalling; or (b) the working of any wireless telegraph
station lawfully established, installed, or worked in the Colony or
the waters thereof, and in





cular tile said apparatus shall be so worked as [lot to interrupt or
interfere ,vIth the transmission of any messages between wireless
telegraph stations established as aforesaid oil land and wireless
telegraph stations established on ships at sea.

20. No apparatus for wireless telegraphy oil board any ,,hip,
whether British or foreign, riot having (lie status of a ship of war, shall
be worked or used while such ship is in the waters of the Colony
Provided that
(a)when the ship is in the waters of the Colony and is
being is not anchored or made
fast-the apparatus may be used for the purpose of
communicating oilminimum power, with the
nearest coast station ol-, if the interests of navigation
so require and communication with the nearest coast
station is impracticable, with a more distant coast
station, or, If necessary, with another ship stati
(b) when the ship is in the waters of the Colony and is or made
fast, the apparatus may be used In exceptional
circumstances such as may concern tile safety of
life or tile safety of the ship, for the purpose of
communicating with the nearest coast station or,
if communication with the nearest coast station is
impracticable, with a more distant coast station, or
if necessary, with another ship station ;
(c) receiving stations may be used at all
times provided that proper precautions are taken to
avoid interference with other stations;
(d)when the ship is in the waters of the Colons. and is anchored
or made fast, the apparatus may be used, with the written
consent of the Postmaster General and subject to such
conditions as to station, time, wave length or other matters as
he may n writing prescribe, for the purpose of carrying out
experimental tests, provided that no interference is caused to
the working of naval, military, air force, Government,
commercial, mobile or other licensed stations;
(e)the apparatus may be used, with the written consent, granted
in exceptional circumstances, of tile Postmaster General and
subject to such conditions as lie may in writing prescribe.





21. No apparatus for wireless telegraphy on any aircraft shall be
worked or used while such aircraft Is at the Air Port or at any other
aerodrome in the Colony
Provided that
(a)broadcast receiving stations may be used at all times provided
that proper precautions care taken to avoid interference with
other stations;
(b)the apparatus may be used with the written consent of the
Postmaster General and subject to such conditions as to
station, time, wave length or other matters as lie may in writing
prescribe, for the purpose of carrying out experimental tests,
provided that no interference is caused to the working of
naval, military, air force, Government, commercial. mobile or
other licensed stations ;
(c) The apparatus may be used, with the con-
sent, granted in exceptional circumstances, of the
Postmaster General and subject to such conditions
as lie may in writing prescribe.
22. These regulations may be cited as the Radio-communication
Regulations.

FORMS.
FORM 1.
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.

Licence No . ................
Licence to establish Wireless Telegraph Ship Station.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition)

Issued by virtue of the Telecommunication Ordinance, and in conformity
with the Telecommunication Convention.

(Name and address of Registered Owners).
. .
of ..........................................
........ 1
hereinafter called the licensee, is hereby licensed to establish and work a
wireless telegraph sending and receiving station in the ship specified below,
subject to the conditions stated on the back hereof.





PARTICULARS OF STATION.
Name of Ship ..............................................................
Call Sign ......................................................................
Category of Station under the Telecommunication Convention
...................................
The licensee is authorized to use the power, frequencies and types of
emission which for the time being appear against the name of the ship in the
International List of Coast Stations and Ship Stations published by the Bureau
of the International Telecommunication Union and also any additions which
shall have been notified in conformity with clause 12 of the conditions overleaf.
Postmaster General ....................................
Date of issue ..............................

CONDITIONS OF LICENCE.
1. The licensee shall comply with all the provisions of the
Telecommunication Convention which relate to mobile stations and the station
shall be worked in conformity with such provisions.
2. In so far as the rules and regulations relative to wireless telegraphy made
from time to time by the Governor in Council under the Telecommunication
Ordinance, or under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and amendments
thereto or any other Merchant Shipping Act or Ordinance for the time being in
force, apply to the ship in question, the licensee shall comply in all respects
with these rules or regulations.
3. The station shall only be used to send messages and signals to other
stations of the mobile service and to receive messages and signals from other
stations of the mobile service.
4. (1) The station shall cease working (except in the case of distress
working) on being instructed to do so by any British Naval or Air Force
Station.
(2) No messages shall be sent or received by the said ship station when the
said ship is in any of the harbours of the Colony of Hong Kong.
5. The licensee shall keep the station and in particular the headgear
receivers thereof in a clean and sanitary condition.
6. The licensee shall screen all lights emanating from the station and screen
or isolate all dangerous parts thereof in such manner as may be necessary to
ensure the reasonable comfort and health of operators.
7. In respect of messages sent or received on behalf of His Majesty's
Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of any of His Majesty's
Dominions or the Government of India or the Government of any British
Colony, Protectorate or Mandated Territory the licensee shall charge rates not
in excess of half of the rates charged to the ordinary public.
8. The station shall be worked only by operators holding certificates issued
by the Postmaster General or the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom or
the Government of any selfgoverning Dominion.





9. The licensee shall not receive by means of the station messages not
intended for receipt thereby, and if any such messages shall involuntarily be
received at the station the licensee shall not divulge the existence or the contents
thereof to any person other than to duly authorized officials of any such
Government as is mentioned in condition 7 or to a competent legal tribunal.
10. The licensee shall keep full accounts, records and registers of all
messages sent and received by means of the station -and in such registers each
of such messages shall be accompanied by its identifying number and date and
full particulars of its place of origin and of ultimate destination and such further
particulars as the Postmaster General shall from time to time reasonably require
to be shown, messages on His Majesty's service being in such registers
distinguished from other messages. The licensee shall preserve all used message
forms Written and printed and transcripts of messages and all other papers for
such period as is from time to time prescribed by the Telecommunication
Convention, and such registers and message papers shall be open to the
inspection of the Postmaster General or his officers thereto authorized at the
registered office for the time being of the licensee or at such other' place as may
be agreed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on every day except Sunday
or a general holiday.
11. (1) The licensee shall render to the Postmaster General such accounts
as the Postmaster General shall direct in respect of all charges due or payable
under the Telecommunication Convention ion respect of messages exchanged
between the station and coast stations, and shall pay to the Postmaster General
at such times and in such manner as the Postmaster General shall direct all sums
which shall be due from the licensee under such accounts.
(2) The licensee shall from time to time deposit with the Postmaster
General such sums as he may by notice in writing to the licensee require as
security for payment by the licensee of any sums which may be or become due
to the Postmaster General under the provisions of paragraph (1).
12. The licensee shall notify the Postmaster General of any alteration
which may be made from time to time in the power or frequencies or type or
types of waves used for transmission.
13. The Postmaster General and his officers authorized agents may at all
reasonable times enter upon the station for the purpose of inspecting and may
inspect any apparatus fixed or being in the station for the purpose of sending
and receiving messages by wireless telegraphy and all other telegraphic
instruments and apparatus fixed or being in the-station and the working and
user of such apparatus and telegraphic instruments respectively.
14. The present licence, the International Radiocommunication Regulations
and the latest Edition of the Postmaster General's Handbook for Wireless
Operators issued by the Postmaster Gen- eral, London, shall be carried on board
the ship in the wireless room together with any other documents which the
Postmaster General may prescribe as necessary for carrying on the work of the
station. The licence shall be available for inspection when required by
competent authorities of the countries where the ship calls.
15. The licensee shall pay to the Postmaster General for and in respect of
the licence hereby granted a sum of $25 on the 1st day of January in each
year during which the licence remains valid.





16. This licence may be revoked and determined at any time by the
Postmaster General by notice in writing to the licensee and shall therefrom
cease, determine and become void but without prejudice to any right of action
or remedy which shall have accrued or shall thereafter accrue to the Postmaster
General under any condition or provision herein contained.
17. Any notice, request or consent (whether expressed to be in writing or
not) to be given by the Postmaster General under this licence may be signed by
any officer of the Post Office duly authorized by him and may be served by
being sent in a registered letter addressed to the licensee (if a Company) at its
registered office for the time being or if not a Company at his last known
address or by delivery to the master of the ship upon which the station is
installed, and any notice to be given by the licensee under this licence may be
served by being sent in a registered letter addressed to the Postmaster General,
Hong Kong.
18. The expression 'Telecommunication Convention' means the
Telecommunication Convention, Atlantic City, 1947, and the Regulations made
thereunder and includes any Convention and Regulations which may from time
to time be in force in substitution therefor or in amendment thereof.
19. The. expressions used in this licence have the same meaning as in the
Telecommunication Convention unless there is something in the subject or
context repugnant to such construction.
20. 'Phis licence covers the installation and maintenance of apparatus for
wireless telegraphy upon lifeboats carried by the ship or during an emergency
subject to the conditions contained in the licence except condition 8. Such
apparatus shall comply in all respects with any rules relating to wireless
telegraphy installations in ships' lifeboats which may be made by the Governor
in Council frorn time to time.
21. Any licence or permit heretobefore granted by the Postmaster General
to the licensee in respect of the Station is hereby revoked.
22. (1) If and whenever an emergency shall have arisen in which it is
expedient for the public service that His Majesty's Government shall have
control over the sending and receiving of messages by the station it shall be
lawful for any naval, military Customs or police officer, or any other person
authorized by the -Admiralty to take possession of the station or any part
thereof in the name and on behalf of His Majesty and to use the same for His
Majesty's service and in that event any such officer or person so authorized may
enter upon any ship on which a station is established and take possession of the
station and use the same as aforesaid and subject to such use may use the same
or allow it to be used for such ordinary services as may in his discretion seem fit
or may prohibit and take steps to prevent the use of the same and issue
directions which shall be obeyed by the licensee to prevent such use.
(2) Any such officer or person so authorized as aforesaid may in any such
event as aforesaid instead of taking possession of the station as aforesaid direct
and authorize sucli' persons as he may think fit to assume the control of the
sending and receiving of messages by the station either wholly or partly and in
such manner as he may direct and such persons may enter upon any ship on
which a station is installed accordingly 'or the said officer or person so
authorized as aforesaid may direct the licensee to submit to him or any person
authorized by him all messages tendered for despatch or received by the station
or any class or





classes of such messages to stop or delay the sending of any messages or the
delivery thereof or deliver the same to him or his agent and generally to obey all
such directions with reference to the sending, receiving or delivery of messages
as the said officer or person so authorized as aforesaid may prescribe, and the
licensee shall obey and conform to all such directions.
(3) The licensee shall obey any instructions which may be issued by the
Admiralty for observance by wireless telegraph ship stations during any such
emergency as aforesaid.
(4) The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any
damage to the station arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers
conferred by paragraphs (1) and (2).

FORM 2.

GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG
Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Licence to establish an Amateur Wireless Station.
Mr. . .................................................................................... of
...........................................................................................
hereinafter called the licensee is hereby authorized to establish a wireless sending
and receiving station, hereinafter called the station, at
...........................................................................................
................
................
subject to the conditions overleaf and to the payment of a fee
of on the grant hereof (the receipt of which the
Postmaster General hereby acknowledges) and a fee of
on the anniversary of the date hereof in each year.
This licence is subject to withdrawal or modification at any time, either by
specific notice in writing sent to the licensee by post at the address shown
above, or by means of a general notice in the Gazette addressed to all holders of
amateur wireless licences.
Any breach of the conditions or non-payment of fees will render this
licence liable to cancellation. In event of cancellation no part of any fee paid in
respect of the current year will be returned.
Issued on behalf of the
Postmaster General} ......................................................
Date .............................................
All communications should be addressed to the Radio Licensing and
Inspection Branch, General Post Office, Hong Kong, quoting Reference
.................................
N.B.-Any change of address should be notified immediately. (Prior
authority must be obtained before the Station is established at a new address).





CONDITIONS.
1. Radiotelegraph Conventions-The licensee shall observe the provisions of
the Telecommunication Convention 1947, and the Radiocommunication
Regulations annexed thereto or those of any subsequent International
Convention and Regulations which may replace them so far. as they are
applicable to amateur stations.
2. Power and Frequencies.-Messages shall be sent only on
frequencies within the bands and by the types of emission specified hereunder
and the total D.C. power input to the anode circuit of the valve or valves
energizing the aerial shall not exceed that shown against the respective
frequencies.
Power (in watts) .........................................................
Frequencies (in kilocycles per second) ...........................
Types of emission .........................................................
The use of 'spark' sending apparatus is specifically forbidden. Unrectified
alternating voltage shall not in any circumstances be employed for the H.T.
supply to the sending apparatus, and the H.T. supply shall be so smoothed that
the value of the residual ripple voltage does not exceed 5 per cent of the D.C.
voltage.
3. Frequency Control and Measurement-When in use, the sending
arparatus shall be tuned to a frequency within an authorized band, which
frequency shall be so selected and maintained that no appreciable energy is
radiated on any frequency outside the limits, of the band with or without the
modulation applied due allowance having been made for the inaccuracy of the
calibrating device. A satisfactory method of frequency stabilization shall be
employed in the sending apparatus.
Where the sending apparatus is not crystal controlled there shall be kept at
the station, and used whenever necessary (and on all occasions when the
frequency used for sending is changed). a reliable frequency meter of the piezo-
electric crystal type or other type approved by the Postmaster General, for
measuring the sending frequency to an accuracy of not less, than +0.1 per cent.
Where the sending apparatus is crystal controlled the use of a separate crystal
frequency meter a. a calibrating device will not be compulsory. but a reasonably
reliable frequency meter must be provided for checking that the sender is
operating normally.
4. Operator-The apparatus must in all cases be operated by or under the
direct suspervision of .............................................
..................
5. Sending Periods.-The station may be operated at any time, provided that
no period of sending shall exceed 10 consecutive minutes. Sending shall not
commence without listening on the frequency which is to be used in order to
ascertain, as far as possible, whether interference is likely to be caused thereby
with any other station which may be working.
6. Log.-A running record shall be kept in a book of approved type (not
loose-leaf) of all sending periods showing the date and time of each period and
the frequency and type of emission employed (see condition 2). No gaps shall
be left between entries in the log. The record of sending periods shall in all cases
be initialled at the time of recording by the authorized operator named in
condition 4.





7. Receiver-The station shall always be equipped for the reception of
signals sent on frequencies in current use at the station at any time by means of
continuous wave telegraphy, telephony and any other type of emission
authorized in condition 2.
8. (1) Messages.-Messages may be exchanged only with amateur stations
(as defined by the International Radiocommunication Regulations) in this
Colony or abroad. Except as is in this condition expressly provided messages
exchanged by means of the station shall relate solely to the licensee's private
(but not business) affairs or those of the person with whom he is
communicating and shall be in plain language. Special gramophone records for
reproducing modulations of definite tones may be used for test purposes.
Gramophone records of the type intended for entertainment purposes may be
used on the condition that only one such record is used during the course of any
day, the same record being repeated as desired; any record so used shall not have
a playing time exceeding 10 minutes when played at the correct speed.
(2) The use of the station for (a) advertising or business purposes, (b) the
sending or reception of news or the messages of persons other than the licensee
or the person with whom he is communicating, (c) the sending or reception of
broadcast programmes or (d) the sending or reception of social or political
propaganda or the messages of any social or political organization is expressly
prohibited.
(3) The licensee shall not receive any payment (either direct or indirect) for
the use of the station or allow the station to be controlled by or used for the
purposes of any social or political Organization.
9. Secrecy of Correspondence-If any message which the licensee is not
entitled to receive is. nevertheless, received the licensee shall not make known or
allow to be made known its contents. its origin or destination, its existence or
the fact of its receipt to any person (other than a duly authorized officer of the
Hong Kong Government or a competent legal tribunal) and shall not reproduce
in writing, copy or make any use of such message or allow the same to be
reproduced in writing, copied or made use of.
10. Call signal.-The call signal V (V ) has
been allotted to the station. The prefix of nationality. i.e. 'V' must
invariably be included in the call signal which may be sent either
by morse telegraphy at a speed not greater than 20 wards per minute
or telephonically if the station is authorized to use telephony.
The call signal must be sent for identification purposes at the beginning
and at the end of each period of sending.
In calling another station the call signal of that station must be sent and
may be repeated throughout a period of not more than one minute, after which
the signal 'de' must be sent once and the call signal of the calling station three
times. This procedure may he repeated but the time taken in calling must not
exceed three minutes without an interval during which the operator must listen
in the band of frequencies in which the call has been made.
In answering a call the call signal of the calling station must .be sent three
times, the signal 'de' once and the call signal of the answering station three
times.
When telephony is used the letters of the call signals may be confirmed by
the pronunciation of well-known words of which the initial letters are the same
as those in the call signals, but words used in this manner must not be of a
facetious character nor be capable of undesirable misinterpretation.





11. Inspection-The station shall be subject to the approval of the
Postmaster General and together with the record of transmissions and this
licence shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by duly authorized
officers of the Post Office who will produce their cards of identity on request.
12. Non-interference-The station shall be used in such a
manner as not to cause interference with other stations outside the
authorized bands. Se ' nding shall at once be discontinued or post-
poned at the request of any Government or commercial station.
When telegraphy is being used the arrangement employed for 'keying' the
sender must be such as to reduce to a minimum the risk of interference due to
key clicks being produced in neighbouring apparatus. Whenever, for any reason,
the carrier wave of the sender is being modulated by any system of modulation,
care must be taken to avoid over-modulation. Particular care must be taken to
avoid unwanted frequency modulation of the carrier frequency. At all times
every precaution shall be taken to prevent the radiation of energy at frequencies
other than those which are necessary for the type of emission in use.
13. Aerial.-If the station is situated within half a mile of the boundary of
any aerodrome, the height of the aerial above the ground level shall not exceed
50 feet. An aerial which crosses above or is liable to fall upon or to be blown on
to any overhead power wire (including electric lighting and tramway wires) or
power apparatus must be guarded to the reasonable satisfaction of the owner of
the power wire or power apparatus concerned. No aerial shall be erected in such
a way as that in f alling or being lowered it shall occupy or traverse a public
thoroughfare.
14. Control in. Emergency-(a) If and whenever in the opinion of the
Postmaster General an emergency shall have arisen in which it is expedient for
the public service that the Hong Kong Government shall have control over the
sending and receipt of messages by means of the station it shall be lawful for the
Postmaster General to direct and cause the station to be taken possession of in
the name and on behalf of the Government and to prevent the licensee from
using it and for these purposes or either of them to cause any part of or all the
apparatus forming the station to be removed to such place as he may think fit
and any person authorized by the Postmaster General may from time to time
enter the premises at which the station is maintained for any such purposes as
aforesaid.
(b) The licensee not to entitled to any compensation in
respect of the exercise by the Postmaster General of the power
conferred by this condition which shall remain in force notwith-
standing the withdrawal or modification of the licence.

NOTES-1. Use of Supply Mains.-If power for the working of the wireless station is taken from a.
public electricity supply no direct connexion shall be made between the supply mains and the aerial.
2 ' Broadcast Reception-This licence does not authorize the reception of broadcast programmes
for entertainment purposes. For the reception of broadcast programmes for entertainment a separate
broadcast receiving licence is necessary.
3. Copyright-This licence does not authorize the licensee to do any act which is an infringement
of any copyright which may exist in the matter transmitted.
4. Return Of Licence-When this licence is cancelled or superseded by a new licence it must be
returned to the address given at the foot of page 1, together with any letters authorizing additions or
alterations to the terms of the licence.
5. Payment of 'Renewal Fee-The fee should be forwarded on the due date to the Radio Licensing
and Inspection Branch, General Post Office, Hong Kong, quoting the reference given at the foot of
page 1. It is unnecessary to forward the licence when the renewal fee is remitted.





FORM 3.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Licence No . ---------*
Broadcast Receiving Licence Hong Kong.

.......
(Name in full)
of ....
(Address in full)
address of station .....................................................................
This licence authorizes the licensee to establish a wireless receiving station
at the above specified address and in addition to work one portable wireless
receiving set at any place in the Colony subject to the conditions set forth
hereon.
Dated this day of 19
This licence will expire on the day of 19
$20.00.
...............................................
for Postmaster General.

CONDITIONS.
1. The licensed shall not allow either the station or the portable set to be
used for any purpose other than that of receiving transmissions sent for
experimental purposes from a duly authorized transmitting station recognized
as such by the Hong Kong Government or those sent by a duly authorized
wireless telegraph station, or wireless telephone, or visual broadcasting station,
and specifically intended for general public reception. If any other message is
unintentionally received, the licensee shall rot make known, or allow to be made
known, its contents, its origin or destination, its existence or the fact of its
receipt to any-person (other than a duly authorized officer of the Hong Kong
Government, or a competent legal tribunal), and shall not reproduce in writing,
copy, or make any use of such message, or allow the same to be reproduced in
writing, copied, or made use of.
The publication or reproduction of any message or broadcast received by
means of the apparatus, or of the sense or meaning of any such message or
broadcast, by any means or in any manner whatsoever without the express
permission of the Postmaster General is strictly prohibited.
2. The licensee shall not allow the portable set to be worked by any
person other 'than himself, or a member of his household,





and this licence, or a duplicate, shall be carried by the person working the
portable set.
3. Neither the station nor the portable set shall be used in such a manner
as to cause interference with the working of other stations. In particular,
reaction must not be used to such an extent as to energize any neighbouring
aerial.
4. The combined height and length of the external aerial, where one is
employed, shall not exceed 100 feet. An aerial which crosses above, or is liable
to fall upon, or to be blown on to any overhead Dower wire, including electric
lighting and tramway wires, must be guarded to the reasonable satisfaction of
the owner of the power wire concerned. No aerial shall be erected in such a way
that. in falling or being lowered, it shall occupy or traverse a public
thoroughfare.'
5. The earth connexion shall where, possible consist of a buried plate or
tube in the ground external to the building. Where this arrangement is not
possible a soldered connexion should be made to the water pipe. On no account
shall a gas pipe be used as an earth.
6. The apparatus shall be open to inspection at all times by any person
who produces a written authority to inspect, either general or particular, signed
by the Postmaster General, and this licence shall be produced to any such
person upon request by him.
7. This licence is not transferable, but in the event of the decease of the
licensee it will be regarded as covering the use of wireless apparatus during the
unexpired portion of its currency at the address of the licensed station, by any
member of the deceased's household.
8. Any alterations to the addresses specified in this licence must be
notified 'to the licensing authority and licence presented for correction. No fee
is payable for this. (This condition applies equally to any person using a
portable receiver only, should his address be changed from that specified on the
licence).

NOTES- 1. If it is desired to continue to maintain the station or to retain possession of the
apparatus after the date of expiration of this licence, a renewal must be effected not later than the date
of expiration. Heavy penalties are provided by the Ordinance for maintaining a wireless station or
possessing the apparatus without a valid current licence.
2. This licence may be cancelled by the Postmaster General at any time. either by notice in
writing addressed to the licensee at the address specified in this licence, or by a general notice in the
Gazette, or in such other way as he may think fit. Any contravention of any of the conditions of this
licence may cause cancellation of the licence.
3. This licence does not authorize the licensee to do any act which is an infringe. ment of any
copyright which may exist in the matter transmitted, and the majority of musical works are the subject
of copyright. No such infringement of copyright will arise so long as the licensee restricts the use of
the apparatus to purely domestic household reception.





FORM 4.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Limited Receiving and Publishing Radio Station Licence
Hong Kong.


(name in full)
of ....................................................
(address in full)
Address of station ..............................
This licence authorizes the licensee to establish a wireless receiving station
and to distribute press messages received from
............ 1 for publication in the
until the 31st day of December, 19 subject to the conditions
set forth hereon.
Dated this day of 19
$600.
for Postmaster General.

CONDITIONS.
1. The reception of messages other than those specified in this licence is
prohibited. If any other message is unintentionally received, the licensee shall
not make known, or allow to be made known, its contents, its origin or
destination, its existence or the fact of its receipt to any person (other than a
duly authorized officer of the Hong Kong Government, or a competent legal
tribunal), and shall not reproduce in writing, copy, or make any use of such
message, or allow the same to be reproduced in writing, copied, or made use of.
2. The station shall not be used in such a manner as to cause interference
with the working of other stations. In particular, reaction must not be used to
such an extent as to energize any neighbouring aerial.
3. The combined height and length of the external aerial, where one is
employed, shall not exceed 100 feet. An aerial which crosses above, or is liable
to fall upon, or to he blown on to any overhead power wire, including electric
lighting and tramway wires, must be guarded to the reasonable satisfaction of
the owner of the power wire concerned. All aerials erected externally to the
building shall be fitted with an earthing switch, and the aerial shall be left
earthed when not in use. No aerial shall be erected in such a way that, in falling
or being lowered, it shall occupy or traverse a public thoroughfare.
4. The earth connexion shall where possible consist of a buried plate or
tube in the ground external to the building. Where this arrangement is not
possible a soldered connexion should be made to the water pipe. On no account
shall a gas pipe be used as an earth.





5. The apparatus shall be open to inspection at all times by any person
who produces a written authority to inspect, either general or particular, signed
by the Postmaster General, and this licence shall be produced to any such
person upon request by him.

6. This licence is not transferable to another person.
7. Any alterations to the addresses specified in this licence must be
notified to the licensing authority and the licence presented for correction. No
fee is payable for this.
8. The conditions of this licence may be modified at any time by the
Postmaster General.
9. The licensee shall, if so required by the Postmaster General, cease at
once to use the licensed apparatus for such period as may be specified.

NOTES- 1. If it is desired to continue to maintain the station or to retain possession of the
apparatus after the date of expiration of this licence. a renewal must he effected not later than the date
of expiration. Heavy penalties are provided by the Ordinance for maintaining a wireless station or
possessing the apparatus without a valid current licence.
2. This licence may be cancelled by the Postmaster General at any time. either by notice in
writing addressed to the licensee at the address specified in this licence, or by a general notice in the
Gazette, or in such other way as he may think fit. Any contravention of any of the conditions of this
licence may cause cancellation of the licence.
3. This licence does not authorize the licensee to do any act which is an infringement of any
copyright which may exist in the matter transmitted.

Licence No . ........................

FORM 5.

Telecom munica tion Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition)

Dealer's Licence.

Licence is hereby granted to ............................................. .
of hereinafter called
the licensee, to sell, hire or otherwise dispose of wireless telegraph appliances
and apparatus for use in radiocommunication in this Colony, subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth.
This licence will expire on the 31st day of December.
Dated this day of 19

for Postmaster General.




CONDITIONS OF LICENCE.
1. All radiocommunication appliances and apparatus which are or may be
intended to be sold, hired or otherwise disposed of, by the licensee for use in
radiocommunication in this Colony and which are or may be in the possession
of the licensee, hereinafter referred to as the licensed apparatus, shall unless and
until disposed of in accordance with this licence be kept at

and no other place. without the written permission of the Post-
master General.
1 2. The licensed apparatus shall not be used for or by the licensee or by any
person either on behalf of or by permission of the licensee for the purpose of
radiocommunication, except under and in accordance with a licence granted by
the Postmaster General.
3. The licensee shall keep and maintain registers of the licensed apparatus
and of all his dealings and transactions therewith. He shall produce such
registers and shall exhibit his stock of such apparatus to and on the demand of
the Postmaster General or his authorized agent. He shall forward monthly to the
licensing authority a detailed list of all transactions made. This list shall include
details of stocks received and disposed of and repair or installation work
effected by him during the month; the date, nature of transaction and full name
and address of customer being included.

FORM 6.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Form of application for permission to attend examination for certificate
of competency as wireless telegraph operator or watcher on Board
British Ships Registered in Hong Kong.

The Postmaster General,
Hong Kong.
SIR---
I beg to inform you that I wish to obtain a
First Class
Second Class
Air Radio Operator's
Endorsement certificate qualifying me
Special Class to act
Radiotelephony (General)
Radiotelephony (Restricted)
as Operator on board British ships. I have furnished evidence
that I am of British nationality.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
. . (usual signature).
(date).
Name in full .....................................................................
Place of birth ....................................................................





Date of birth .......................................................................
Address to which it is desired that the notification of examination shall be
sent ...............................................................
...............
System or systems in which examination is desired ...............
...............
Date and place of last examination (if any)


Description of Applicant.
Height feet inches.
Colour of Eyes Colour of Hair
Complexion .........................................................................
Any special peculiarities ......................................................

NOTE-Evidence of British nationality, to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General, must he
produced before the delivery of the application.
Candidates must bring with them at the time of their examination an unmounted photograph
(perferably head and shoulders only and approximately 3 inches by 2 inches) to be signed in the
presence of the Examiner and subsequently affixed to the Certificate.

FORM 7.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Declaration of secrecy in the operation of wireless
telegraphic apparatus.

I.........................................................................................
do declare that I will not improperly divulge to any person the purport
of any message which I may transmit or receive by means of any
radiocommunication apparatus operated by me or which may come
to my knowledge in connexion with the operation of the said
apparatus.
Date .................................................................
Signature .........................................................
Signature of witness ............................................................
Address ........................................................................
......
Occupation ....................................................................





FORM 8.

COLONY OF HONG KONG.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Certificate of proficiency in Radiotelegraphy granted
by the Government of Hong Kong.

FIRST CLASS.
This is to certify that, under the provisions of the Telecommunication
Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, Mr. . ............
........................................................ has been examined
in Radiotelegraphy and has passed in-
(a) knowledge of the general principles of electricity, of the theory of
radiotelegraphy and radiotelephony, and of the regulation and the practical
working of the types of apparatus used in the mobile service;
(b) theoretical ind practical knowledge of the working of the accessory
apparatus, such as motor-generators, accummulators, etc., used in the operation
and adjustment of the apparatus specified in sub-paragraph (a);
(c) practical knowledge necessary to effect, with the means available on
board, the repair of damage which may occur to the apparatus during a voyage;
(d) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly by ear code groups
(mixed letters, figures and signs of punctuation), at a speed of 20 (twenty)
groups a minute, and a plain language passage at a speed of 25 (twenty-five)
words a minute;
(e) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly by telephone;
(f) detailed knowledge of the regulations applying to the exchange of
radiocommunications, knowledge of the documents relative to the assessment of
the charges for radiocommunications, knowledge of that part of the Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea which relates to radiotelegraphy, and, in the case of
air navigation, knowledge of the special provisions governing the radioelectric
service in air navigation. In the latter case, the certificate states that the holder
has successfully passed the test relating to these provisions;
(g) knowledge of the general geography of the world, especially the
principal navigation routes (maritime or air, according to the type of certificate)
and the most important telecommunication routes.
It is also certified hereby that the holder has made a declaration that he
will preserve the secrecy of correspondence.


Signature of examining officer.





The holder of this certificate is therefore authorized to operate wireless
telegraph apparatus as a first-class operator on board a British ship.
............................... Postmaster General Hong Kong
(Date) ..........................................................................
Signature of holder .........................................................
Date of Birth .................................................................
Place of Birth ...............................................................

NOTES-This certificate should he carefully preserved. In case of loss through avoidable causes a
duplicate will only be issued on payment of a fee of not less than five dollars.
This certificate may be endorsed, or withdrawn, at the discretion of the Postmaster General of
Hong Kong in the case of misconduct or breach on the part of the holder of the regulations prescribed
for the working of ships' stations.
Unless so withdrawn it will continue to he valid so long as the Regulations of the
Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, remain in force.
In case of loss of this certificate a report thereof and of the circumstances in which the loss
occurred must be made to the Postmaster General of Hong Kong, in writing, as soon as possible.
Any person other than the owner thereof becoming possessed of this certificate should transmit
it forthwith to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.

PHOTO OF HOLDER.

Description of Holder.
Age ...........................................................................................
Height............feet inches.
Colour of Eyes ........................................................................... Colour of Hair
...........................................................................
Complexion ...............................................................
Any special peculiarities ............................................................
Signature of Holder

FORM 9.
COLONY OF HONG KONG.
Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).
Certificate of proficiency in Radiotelegraphy granted
by the Government of Hong Kong.
SECOND CLASS.
This is to certify that, under the provisions of the Tele-
communication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, Mr. . ..................
has been examined
in Radiotelegraphy and has passed in-





(a) element-try theoretical and practical knowledge of electricity and
radiotelegraphy, and knowledge of the adjustment and practical working of the
types of apparatus used in the mobile radiotelegraph service;
(b) elementary theoretical and practical knowledge of the' working of the
accessory apparatus, such as motor-generator sets, accumulators, etc., used in
the operation and adjustment of the apparatus mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);
(c) practical knowledge sufficient for effecting minor repairs in case of
damage occurring to the apparatus;
(d) ability to send correctly and to receive correctly by ear code groups
(mixed letters, figures and signs of punctuation) at a speed of 16 (sixteen)
groups a minute. Each code group must comprise five characters, each figure or
punctuation mark counting as two characters;
(e) knowledge of the regulations applying to the exchange of
radiocommunications, knowledge of the documents relative to the assessment of
the charges for radiocommunications, knowledge of that part of the Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea which relates to radiotelegraphy, and, in the case of
air navigation, knowledge of the special provisions governing the radioelectric
service in air navigation. In the latter case, the certificate states that the holder
has successfully passed the tests relating to these provisions;
(f) knowledge of the general geography of the world, especially the
principal navigation routes (maritime or air, according to the type of certificate)
and the most important telecommunications routes.
It is also certified hereby that the holder has made a declaration that he
will preserve the secrecy of correspondence.
....................................
Signature of examining officer.
The holder of this certificate is therefore authorized to operate wireless
telegraph apparatus as a second-class operator on board a British ship.
. .. . ......
Postmaster General Hong Kong
(Date) ..........................................................................
Signature of holder ........................................................
Date of Birth .................................................................
Place of Birth ...............................................................

NOTES-This certificate should he carefully preserved. In case of loss through avoidable causes a
duplicate will only he issued on payment of a fee of not less than five dollars.
This certificate may be endorsed, or withdrawn, at the discretion of the Postmaster General of
Hong Kong in the case of misconduct or breach on the part of the holder of the regulations prescribed
for the working of ships' stations. Unless so withdrawn it will continue to be valid so long as the
Regulations of the Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, remain in force.
In case of loss of this certificate a report thereof and of the circumstances in which the loss
occurred must he made to the Postmaster General of Hong Kong, in writing, as soon as possible.
Any person other than the owner thereof becoming possessed of this certificate should transmit
it forthwith to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.





PHOTO OF HOLDER.

Description of Holder.
Age
Height ................... feet inches.
Colour of Eyes ...........................................................................
Colour of Hair ...........................................................................
Complexion ...............................................................................
Any special peculiarities ............................................................
Signature......of Holder ;

FORK 10.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Aircraft Radio Operator's Endorsement.
This is to certify that Mr. has
passed an examination in the
(1)'International Aeronautical Communication Regulations and Traffic
Procedure,'
(2)'Operation of Aircraft Radio Stations and Radio Apparatus!'
The holder of this certificate is, therefore, qualified to operate radio-
telegraph and radio-telephone equipment on board aircraft registered in Hong
'Kong.
Postmaster General.
.............................. (date)

FORM 11.

COLONY OF HONG KONG.
Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).
Certificate of competency in Radiotelegraphy granted
by the Government of Hong Kong.
SPECIAL CLASS.
This is to certify that under the provisions of the Telecommunication
Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, Mr. . ..................
: ......1 has been examined
in Radiotelegraphy and has passed in-





(a) elementary knowledge of the working and adjustment of the apparatus;
(b) transmitting and receiving by ear, messages in plain language at a speed
of 20 words a minute, and in code groups at a speed of 16 groups a minute; and
(c) knowledge of the regulations applying to the exchange of
radiotelegraph traffic;
and having made a declaration that he will preserve the secrecy of
correspondence, is hereby authorized to operate wireless telegraph apparatus
on board British ships not coming within the scope of the Merchant Shipping
(Wireless Telegraph) Act, 1919 and the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load
Line Conventions) Act, 1932.
Dated this day of 19
...........................................
aster General, Hong Kong.
Signature of examining officer ...................................................

NOTES-This certificate should he carefully preserved. In case of loss through avoidable causes
a duplicate will only he issued on payment of a fee of not less than five dollars.
This certificate may be endorsed, or withdrawn, at the discretion of the Postmaster General of
Hong Kong in the case of misconduct or breach on the part of the holder of the regulations prescribed
for the working of ships' stations. Unless so withdrawn it will continue to be valid so long as the
Regulations of the Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, remain in force.
In case of loss of this certificate a report thereof and of the circumstances in which the loss
occurred must be made to the Postmaster General, in writing, as soon as possible.
Any person other than the owner thereof becoming possessed of this certificate should transmit
it forthwith to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.

PHOTO OF HOLDER.

. Description of Holder.
Age ..........................................................................................
Height feet inches
Colour of Eyes ........................................................................
Colour of Hair ........................................................................
Complexion ...................
Any special peculiarities ............................................................
Signature of Holder ..................................................................





FORM 12.

COLONY OF HONG KONG.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).
Certificate of competency in Radiotelephony granted
by the Government of Hong Kong.

GENERAL.
This is to certify that under the provisions of the Tele-
communication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, Mr. . ..................
............................ has been examined in Radio-telephony and has passed in

(a)a practical knowledge of radiotelephony, especially as regards the
avoidance of interference;
(b)a knowledge of the adjustment and working of radiotelephone
apparatus;
(e)sending and receiving spoken messages correctly by telephone;
(d)a knowledge of the Regulations relating to the Safety of Life;
and having made a declaration that he will preserve the secrecy of
correspondence, is hereby authorized to operate wireless telephony apparatus
on board British ships, of which the power of the carrier wave in tile aerial does
not exceed 100 watts.
Dated this day of 19

. .. ... . ... ... ... .
Postmaster General Hong Kong
Signature of examining officer ...................................................

NOTES-This certificate should be carefully preserved. In case of loss through avoidable causes
a duplicate will only be issued on payment of a fee of not less than five dollars.
This certificate may be endorsed or withdrawn at the discretion of the Postmaster General of
Hong Kong in the case of misconduct or breach on the part of the holder of the regulations
prescribed for the working of telephony stations.
Unless so withdrawn it will continue to be valid so long as the Regulations of the
Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, remain in force.
In case of loss of this certificate a report must be made to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong, in
writing, as soon as possible.
Any person other than the owner thereof becoming possessed of this certificate should transmit
it forthwith to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.

Photograph of Holder.
.
Signature of Holder.





FORM 13.

COLONY OF HONG KONG.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Certificate of competency in Radiotelephony granted
by the Government of Hong Kong.

RESTRICTED.
This is to certify that under the provisions of the Tele-
communication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, Mr. . ..................
..................................has been examined in Radio-
telephony and has passed in-
(a)a practical knowledge of radiotelephony, especially as regards the
avoidance of interference;
(b)a knowledge of the adjustment and working of radiotelephone
apparatus;
(e)sending and receiving spoken messages correctly by telephone;
(d)a knowledge of the regulations applying to the exchange' of
radiotelephone communication and of the part of the
Radiocommunication Regulations relating to the Safety of Life;
and having made a declaration that he will preserve the secrecy of
correspondence, 'is hereby authorized to act as radiotelephone operator on
board a British ship equipped with a radiotelephone installation of which the
power of the carrier wave in the aerial does not exceed 50 watts.
Dated this day of 19

. .
Postmaster General, Hong Kong.
Signature of examining officer ...................................................
NOTES-This certificate should be carefully preserved. In case of loss through avoidable causes a
duplicate will only he issued on payment of a fee of not less than five dollars.
This certificate may be endorsed or withdrawn at the discretion of the Postmaster General of
Hong Kong in the case of misconduct or breach on the part of the holder of the Regulations
prescribed for the working of telephony stations.
Unless so withdrawn it will continue to be valid so long as the Regulations
of the Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947, remain in force.
In case of loss of this certificate a report must be made to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong, in
writing, as soon as possible.
Any person other than the owner thereof becoming possessed of this certificate should transmit
it forthwith to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.

................ Photograph of Holder.
Signature of Holder.





FORM 14.

Telecommunication Ordinance.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).

Licence No . ..............
Licence for use of apparatus at a school of instruction in
wireless telegraphy.

Licence is hereby granted to ..............................................

hereinafter called the licensee, to establish, maintain and work a wireless
telegraph receiving station and to instal and work transmitting apparatus not
connected with an aerial at .....................
..................
.................. for the purpose of instructing pupils in the
theory and practice of wireless telegraphy, subject to the. conditions
hereinafter set forth.
The transmitting apparatus must be such that the radiation therefrom will
not be perceptible outside the building in which the apparatus is installed, and
no attempt shall be made to send signals to other stations. It is intended that the
effects produced by the sending apparatus shall be ascertained by means of
suitable detecting or measuring devices coupled with or used within a few feet
of an 'artificial' aerial.
An 'artificial' aerial means a closed, non-earthed, oscillatory circuit
possessing inductance capacity and resistance, and functioning in place of the
usual aerial-earth system. It must be as nearly non-radiating as possible.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE GRANT OF A
LICENCE.
The applicant for a licence shall produce evidence of British nationality
and two recent written references as to character. A certificate of birth should be
furnished if possible; but this will not be insisted on if the referees testify of
their own knowledge that the applicant is of British nationality. The referees
should be persons of British birth and of standing, not related to the applicant.
If the applicant is under 21 years of age, evidence of British nationality and
references should be furnished both in respect of the applicant and of his parent
or guardian.
In the case of a company, society or other body, application should be
made by one of the principals on behalf of the company, etc., who will be
personally responsible for the observance of the terms of any licence granted. '
CONDITIONS OF
LICENCE.
1. The licensee shall submit to the Postmaster General such particulars as
he shall from time to time require relating to any student whom the licensee
proposes to train or any instructor whom the licensee proposes to employ in
such training. All such particulars shall be supported by such evidence as the
Postmaster General may from time to time require.
No student or instructor shall be allowed to use the Station without the
approval of the Postmaster General. Any such approval may be revoked by the
Postmaster General.





2. The Station shall be subject to the approval of the Postmaster General
and shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by officers of the
Government duly authorized by the Postmaster General, who will produce
their cards of identity on request, and this licence shall be produced to any such
officer upon request by him.
3. The licensee shall not use or allow the Station to be used except for the
purpose of instructing pupils in the theory and practice of wireless telegraphy.
No person using the Station shall make known the contents of any message
(other than a message sent for general information) received by means of the
Station, the origin or destination of any message other than aforesaid, its
existence or the fact of its receipt to any person (other than a duly authorized
officer of the Hong Kong Government or a competent legal tribunal) and shall
not retain any copy or mike any use of such message.
4. The length of the effective portion of the aerial and down lead used at
the Station for reception shall not exceed 100 feet. An aerial which crosses
above or is liable to fall upon or be blown on to any overhead power wire,
including electric lighting and tramway wires. must be guarded to the reasonable
satisfaction of the owner of the power wire concerned.
5. The Station shall not be used in such a manner as to cause any
interference with the working of other stations. In particular, reaction must not
be used for reception to such an extent as to energize any neighbouring aerial.
6. This licence may be cancelled by the Postmaster General at any time,
either by notice in writing addressed to the licensee at the address specified in
this licence, or by a general notice in the Gazette, or in such other way as he may
think fit. The licensee shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of the
exercise by the Postmaster General of the powers conferred by the conditions of
this licence.
Dated the day of 19
This licence will expire on the day of 19
. .
Postmaster General.

FORM 15.
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.

Licence No . ..................
Licence to establish Wireless Telegraph Aircraft Station.
(Chapter 106 of the Revised Edition).
Issued by virtue of the Telecommunication Ordinance, and in conformity
with the Telecommunication Convention.

(Name and address of Registered Owners)
. .
of
.........................
hereinafter called the licensee, is hereby authorized to establish and work a
wireless telegraph sending and receiving station in the aircraft specified below,
subject to the conditions stated on the back hereof.





PARTICULARS OF STATION.
Nationality and registration Marks of Aircraft ............................
Name of Aircraft ......................................................................
Make and type of Aircraft .........................................................
Call Sign
..................................................................................
Class of Station under the Telecommunication Convention ................
The licensee is authorized to use the power, frequencies and types of emission
which for the time being appear against the name of the aircraft in the
International List of Aeronautical and Aircraft Stations published by the Bureau
of the International Telecommunication Union.
Postmaster General ..........................................
Date of issue ..................

CONDITIONS.
1. The licensee shall comply with all the provisions of the
Telecommunication Convention which relate to mobile stations and the station
shall be worked in conformity with such provisions, and also in conformity
with the relative provisions of the International Telegraph Regulations.
2. Each aircraft station shall comply in all respects with the provisions- of
any directions or regulations issued or made by the Director of Civil Aviation
and for the time being in force, under the provisions of the Air Navigation Order
and the station shall not be used either by the licensee or by any other person
for the despatch or receipt of messages except messages authorized by such
directions or regulations.
3. The station shall cease working (except in the case of distress working)
on being instructed to do so by any British Naval, Military or Air Force
Station. In the event of a forced landing the wireless apparatus may be used for
communication with the nearest aeronautical ground station of the country in
which the forced landing has occurred regarding repairs or safety of the aircraft.
4. The licensee shall keep the station and in particular the headgear
receivers thereof in a clean and sanitary condition.
5. The licensee shall screen or isolate all dangerous parts of the station in
such manner as may be necessary to ensure the reasonable comfort and health
of operators.
6. In respect of messages sent or received on behalf of His Majesty's
Government in the United Kingdom or His Majesty's Government in any of the
Dominions or the Government of India or the Government of any British
Colony Protectorate or Mandated Territory the licensee shall charge rates not in
excess of half of the rates charged to the ordinary public.
7. The licensee shall not receive by means of the station messages not
intended for receipt thereby, and if any such messages shall involuntarily be
received at the station the licensee shall not divulge the existence or the contents
thereof to any person other than to duly authorized officials of any such
Government as is mentioned in condition 6 or to a competent legal tribunal.





*8. The licensee shall keep full accounts records and registers of all
messages sent and received by means of the station and in such registers each of
such messages shall be accompanied by its identifying number and date and full
particulars of its place or origin and of ultimate destination and such further
particulars as the Postmaster General and/or the Director of Civil Aviation shall
from time to time reasonably require to be shown, messages on His Majesty's
service being in such registers distinguished from other messages. The licensee
shall preserve all used message forms written and printed and transcripts of
messages and all other papers for such period as is from time to time prescribed
by the International Telegraph Regulations and such registers and message
papers shall be open to the inspection of the Postmaster General and/or the
Director of Civil Aviation or their officers thereto authorized at the registered
office for the time being of the licensee or at such other place as may be agreed
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on every day except Sunday or a
general holiday.
*9. (1) The licensee shall render to the Postmaster General such accounts
as the Postmaster General andlor the Director of Civil Aviation shall direct in
respect of all charges due or payable under the Telecommunication Convention
in respect of messages exchanged between the station and land stations and shall
pay to the Postmaster General and/or the Director of Civil Aviation at such
times and in such manner as the Postmaster General and/or the Director of Civil
Aviation shall direct all sums which shall be due from the licensee under such
accounts.
(2) The licensee shall from time to time deposit with the Postmaster
General and/or the Director of Civil Aviation such sums as he may by notice in
writing to the licensee require to be held by the Postmaster General and/or the
Director of Civil Aviation as security for payment by the licensee of any sums
which may be or become due to the Postmaster General and/or the Director of
Civil Aviation under the provisions of paragaph (1).
10. The Postmaster General and/or the Director of Civil Aviation and their
officers and authorized agents may at all reasonable times enter upon the station
for the purpose of inspecting and may inspect any apparatus fixed or being in
the station for the purpose of sending and receiving messages by wireless
telegraphy and all other telegraphic instruments and apparatus fixed or being in
the station and the working and user of such apparatus and telegraphic
instrument respectively.
11. The present licence, the operator(s) certificate(s) and the Q Code shall
be carried on board the aircraft in the wireless room together with any other
documents which the Postmaster General and/or the Director of Civil Aviation
may prescribe as necessary for carrying on the work of the station. The licence
shall be available for inspection when required by competent authorities of the
countries where the aircraft calls.
12. The licensee shall forthwith pay to the Postmaster General for and in
respect of the licence hereby granted a sum of $25 and in addition thereto- a
sum of $25 on the 1st day of January in each year during which the licence
remains valid.
13. This Licence may be revoked and determined at any time by the
Postmaster General by notice in writing to the licensee and shall therefrom cease
determine and become void but without prejudice to any right of action or
remedy which shall have accrued or shall thereafter accrue to the Postmaster
General under any condition or provision herein contained.





14. Any notice request or consent (whether expressed to be in writing or
not) to be given by the Postmaster General under this licence may be signed by
any officer of the Post Office duly authorized by him and may be served by
being sent in a registered letter addressed to the licensee (if a Company) at its
registered office for the time being or if not a company at his last known address
or by delivery to the pilot of the aircraft upon which the station is installed and
any notice to be given by the licensee under this licence may be served by being
sent in a registered letter addressed to the Postmaster General, Hong Kong.
15. The expression 'Telecommunication Convention' means the
Convention signed at Atlantic City on the 2nd day of October, 1947, and the
Radiocommunication Regulations annexed thereto and includes any Convention
and/or Regulations which may from time to time be in force in substitution for
or in amendment of the said Convention and/or Regulations. The expression
'International Telegraph Regulations' means the Telegraph Regulations annexed
to the Telecommunication Convention and includes any Regulations which may
from time to time be in force in substitution therefor or in amendment thereof.
The expression 'Air Navigation Order' means the Colonial Air Navigation
Order, 1949, and any other Order in Council for the time being in force in
substitution therefor or in amendment thereof.
16. The expressions used in this licence have the same meaning as in the
Telecommunication Convention unless there is something in the subject or
context repugnant to such construction.
17. Any licence or permit heretobefore granted by the Postmaster General
to the licensee in respect of the station is hereby revoked.
18. (1) If and whenever an emergency shall have arisen in which it is
expedient for the public service that His Majesty's Government shall have
control over the sending and receiving of messages by the station it shall be
lawful for any naval, military, Customs, air force or police officer or any other
person authorized by the Director of Civil Aviation to take possession of the
station or any part thereof in the name and on behalf of His Majesty and to use
the same for His Majesty's Service and in that event any such officer or person
so authorized may enter upon any aircraft on which a station is established and
take possession of the station and use the same or allow it to be used for such
ordinary services as may in his discretion seem fit to him or may prohibit and
take steps to prevent the use of the same and issue directions which shall be
obeyed by the licensee to prevent such use.
(2) Any such officer or person so authorized as aforesaid may in any such
event as aforesaid instead of taking possession of the station as aforesaid direct
and authorize such persons as he may think fit to assume the control of the
sending and receiving of messages by the station either wholly or partly and in
such manner as he may direct and such persons may enter upon any aircraft on
which a station is installed accordingly or the said officer or person so
authorized as aforesaid may direct the licensee t.) submit to him or any person
authorized by him all messages tendered for despatch or received by the station
or any class or classes of such messages to stop or delay the sending of any
messages or the delivery thereof or deliver the same to him or his agent and
generally to obey all such directions with reference to the sending receiving or
delivery of messages as the said officer or person so authorized as afore
as.Aid may prescribe and the licensee shall obey and conform to all such
directions.





(3) The licensee shall obey any instructions which may be issued by the
Director of Civil Aviation for observance by wireless telegraph aircraft stations
during any such emergency as aforesaid.
(4) The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any
damage to the station arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers
conferred by paragraphs (1) and .(2).

These conditions apply only when the licence is endorsed 'Public correspondence
authorized'.

RADIOTELEGRAMS (CHARGES) REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 106, section 7(2)).
(Ordinance No. 18 of 1936).

[28th November, 1947.1

Charges for Radlotelegrams to and froin
Ships or Aircraft.
1. The charges payable in respect of radiotelegrams shall consist of
(a) a land station charge;
(b) a mobile station charge; and
(c) a charge for ordinary telegraph transmission.

2. Land station charges, per ,sord, shall be
(a) to ships or aircraft registered
in the United Kingdom or
Hong Kong 40 cents Hong
..Kong currency.
(b) from ships or aircraft registered
in the United Kingdom or
Hong Kong 6 pence Sterling.
(c) to or from ships or aircraft not
registered in the United King-
dom or Hong Kong 0.60 gold francs,
..or So cents,
..Hong Kong
..currency.
Ord. 18 of 1936, s. 39, Schedule, G.N. 461/36. G.N. 785/36. G.N. 786/36. G.N. 895/36. G.N. 896/36. G.N. 763/37. G.N. 924/37. G.N. 814/38. G.N. 596/46. G.N.A. 5/4/8. G.N.A. 200/48. G.N.A. 208/48. G.N.A. 3849.. G.N.A. 271/49. G.N. 75/51.
[r. 1 cont.]
[r. 1 cont.]
G.N.A. 75/51.
[r. 1 cont.] G.N. 896/36. G.N. 814/38. G.N.A. 208/48.
G.N.A. 208/48. G.N.A. 5/48.
G.N.A. 5/48. G.N.A. 3/49.
[r. 15 cont.] G.N.A. 271/49. G.N.A. 5/48. G.N.A. 5/48. G.N. 895/36.
G.N.895/36. G.N. 924/31.
G.N. 895/36.
G.N.A. 75/51. (Cap. 106) (10 of 1989)
G.N.A. 786/36.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N. 596/46
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 3/49.
G.N. 786/36.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/31.
G.N.A.271/49 G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N. 814/38.
G.N.A. 5/48.
G.N.A. 75/51. G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 888/47.

Ord. 18 of 1936, s. 39, Schedule, G.N. 461/36. G.N. 785/36. G.N. 786/36. G.N. 895/36. G.N. 896/36. G.N. 763/37. G.N. 924/37. G.N. 814/38. G.N. 596/46. G.N.A. 5/4/8. G.N.A. 200/48. G.N.A. 208/48. G.N.A. 3849.. G.N.A. 271/49. G.N. 75/51.
[r. 1 cont.]
[r. 1 cont.]
G.N.A. 75/51.
[r. 1 cont.] G.N. 896/36. G.N. 814/38. G.N.A. 208/48.
G.N.A. 208/48. G.N.A. 5/48.
G.N.A. 5/48. G.N.A. 3/49.
[r. 15 cont.] G.N.A. 271/49. G.N.A. 5/48. G.N.A. 5/48. G.N. 895/36.
G.N.895/36. G.N. 924/31.
G.N. 895/36.
G.N.A. 75/51. (Cap. 106) (10 of 1989)
G.N.A. 786/36.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N. 596/46
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 3/49.
G.N. 786/36.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/31.
G.N.A.271/49 G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N. 814/38.
G.N.A. 5/48.
G.N.A. 75/51. G.N.A. 75/51.
G.N.A. 888/47.

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