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Officially, the DVDs in Hong Kong are region 3 in NTSC colour-coding. DVDs of region 1 (US, NTSC format) or region 2 (Europe, PAL format) can be also found in local shops like HMV, which is not an issue for the local market as DVD players commonly sold in the shops are multi-region. Just as other Asian countries, VCDs are common for rental and ...
t. e. DTMB ( Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast) is the digital TV standard for mobile and fixed devices, developed in the People's Republic of China. It is used there and in both of their special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and also in Cambodia, the Comoros, Cuba, East Timor, Laos, Vietnam, and Pakistan. [ 1]
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...
ISO has a joint technical committee (JTC) with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to develop standards relating to information technology (IT). Known as JTC 1 and entitled "Information technology", it was created in 1987 and its mission is "to develop worldwide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) standards for ...
ITU-D – ITU Telecom Development (formerly known as BDT) IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Khronos Group - Khronos Group. Liberty Alliance – Liberty Alliance. Media Grid – Media Grid Standards Organization. NACE International – Formerly known as National Association of Corrosion Engineers.
However, telephone companies ceased installing British Standard BS 6312 telephone sockets in Hong Kong. See Technical standards in colonial Hong Kong; Hong Kong retains a separate international dialling code (+852) and telephone numbering plan from that of the mainland. Calls between Hong Kong and the mainland still require international dialling.
This list is intended to detail the various technical committees of ISO, the scope of the committees, their key members and the key relevance and outputs of these committees. Committee. Title. Notes. ISO/IEC JTC 1. Information technology. TC 1. Screw threads. TC 2.
The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, commonly referred to as the TBT Agreement, is an international treaty administered by the World Trade Organization.It was last renegotiated during the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, with its present form entering into force with the establishment of the WTO at the beginning of 1995, binding on all WTO members.