Satellite and Optic-Fibre Network
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Hong Kong is connected to the rest of the world by overland and submarine cables, satellites and terrestrial radio link. The more important cables include the Hong Kong-Guangdong optical fibre cable, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen optical fibre cable, the Singapore-Hong Kong-Taiwan submarine cable, the Hong Kong-Luzon submarine cable, the Hong Kong-Japan-Korea optical fibre submarine cable, the Hong Kong-Taiwan 2 optical fibre submarine cable and the Asia Pacific Cable.A satellite earth station is also operated at Stanley with nine antennae communicating with international satellites over the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
In addition, the Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Company launched its first satellite, APSTAR-I, to provide telecommunications and television distribution services to northern and southeastern Asia. Three more new satellites are planned for 1996.
Another Hong Kong-registered company, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company, also launched its second satellite, AsiaSat-II to meet the growing demand for satellite telecommunications services. A third satellite is to be launched in 1997.
The Better Hong Kong Foundation.