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| Beijing Cuts Telephone Installation Fee
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March 4, 1999 (BEIJING) -- The cost of installing a telephone in Beijing
was cut recently from RMB3,600 (US$430) to RMB1,000, as approved by
the municipal government.
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There will be no charge to install a second line or additional phone
lines in a single family, according to the regulation.
On the first day of the new policy, many people joined a long line in
front of the Beijing Municipal Telephone Office to apply for telephone
installation.
There are now an average of 48 telephones for every 100 residents in
the Chinese capital.
(Xinhua News Agency)
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