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SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE ACCOUNTING FOR LOANS TO STUDENTS, AN ON-LINE DATA COLLECTION NETWORK FOR RECEIPTING OFFICES, ACCOUNTING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A NEW WIDOWS AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS SCHEME, IMPROVEMENT OF THE RATES BILLING AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, AND GOVERNMENT'S CENTRALISED ACCOUNTS.
+ THE LATTER SYSTEM IS A MAJOR PROJECT AND WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SO FAR DEVELOPED. IT WILL FACILITATE SPEEDIER ACCESS TO VITAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A BASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS,+ HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW COMPUTER WILL PROVIDE FACILITIES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE.
+TREASURY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF TIME-CRITICAL OPERATIONS ON WHICH LARGE AMOUNTS OF GOVERNMENT'S REVENUE AND THE PAY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPEND. THE COMPUTER PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THESE OPERATIONS AND THIS ROLE IS INCREASING.+
LAND FORMATION FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT IN TUEN MUN
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LAND FORMATION WORK IS TO START LATER THIS YEAR AT SHAN SHEK WAN IN TUEN MUN TO PROVIDE SITE FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE PLANNED FOR 50,000 PEOPLE.
IT FORMS PART OF A $77 MILLION RECLAMATION AND LAND FORMATION PROJECT ALREADY UNDERWAY IN THE NEW TOWN WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PRODUCE 77 HECTARES OF RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND.
THE LAND FORMATION AT SHAN SHEK WAN WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT WILL INVOLVE THE RESUMPTION OF ABOUT 18,870 SQUARE METERS OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND.
A ONE MONTH'S NOTICE OF THE RESUMPTION WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SPOKESMAN SAID OWNERS OF THE PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND WOULD BE OFFERED THE ALTERNATIVE OF CASH COMPENSATION OR LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENT DOCUMENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO PAY COMPENSATION FOR CROPS, FRUIT TREES, IRRIGATION SUMPS, WELLS, GRAVES AND BONE POTS, EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO SHOPS, WORKSHOPS, PIGBREEDERS AND POULTRY FARMERS, AS WELL AS EX-GRATÍA COMPENSATION TO CULTIVATORS, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SOME 282 TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES MOSTLY ON CROWN LAND AND OCCUPIED BY 237 FAMILIES, WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEARED.
+THESE FAMILIES, IF FOUND ELIGIBLE, WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC HOUSING IN TUEN MUN AND THOSE INELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING WILL BE OFFERED TEMPORARY HOUSING+, HE SAID.
A TOTAL OF 882 OTHER ANCILLARY TEMPORARY STRUCTURES WILL ALSC BE CLEARED.
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