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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council Secretariat will introduce a new audio webcast system next Wednesday (October 11) to better serve the public.
Members of the public can listen to all open meetings of the Legislative Council and its committees held in the Chamber, Conference Room A and Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building via the internet.
The audio webcast system will provide a medium choice of floor, Chinese and English of live audio webcast of all open meetings of the Council and its committees, and have access to the archives of the past three years' audio records of all open meetings.
The Legislative Council Commission approved the installation of an audio webcast system for 500 concurrent users in April this year. The users limit will be reviewed in six months and can be extended if necessary.
Those who are interested in listening to the proceedings of open meetings of the Council and its committees can visit the Legislative Council website (www.legco.gov.hk) and click "Voice Broadcast".
Ends/Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:33
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