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To improve the user-friendliness of the registration process for the three do-not-call registers for fax messages, short messages and pre-recorded telephone messages, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) announced today (March 25) that the unified registration hotline number of the three registers would be 1835000 starting from March 26, 2008.
A spokesman for OFTA said, "As the different phases for launching the three do-not-call registers have been completed, it is time to merge the three registration hotline numbers into one so as to make it easier for the public to remember. As such, starting from March 26, 2008, members of the public can register their numbers (e.g. fax, fixed, mobile, personal numbers, etc.) onto any of the three registers by calling one single hotline number - 1835000."
"There is no deadline for registration. Members of the public can register their numbers onto the do-not-call registers on any day at any time (except 11pm-midnight each day when the database undergoes updating)," the spokesman added.
"The three do-not-call registers have been operating smoothly since they were launched. As at March 24, 2008, 478,091 numbers have been registered onto the three registers, among which 84,952 numbers were on the fax register, 107,764 numbers on the short messages register and 285,375 numbers on the pre-recorded telephone messages register," the spokesman said.
The protection for registered numbers will start on the 10th working day after the registration date. Members of the public may check the registration date of their numbers by calling the registration hotline 1835000 or visiting the website at www.dnc.gov.hk. They can also cancel the registration of their numbers by calling the same hotline number.
For more information about the three do-not-call registers and the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance, please visit OFTA's website at www.ofta.gov.hk/en/uem/main.html.
Ends/Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:56
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