THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1981
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HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL INDUSTRY FOR ITS WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT AND ADAPT THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
USING LASER-BEAM TECHNOLOGY, THE NEW SYSTEM WHICH GOES UNDER THE NAME OF LASERCOMP' MEANING LASER COMPOSITION -- PROVIDES A FASTER, SIMPLER AND HIGHER QUALITY SERVICE AND HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA.
IN ADDITION TO SAVING ON MANPOWER, THE NEW EQUIPMENT ALSO TAKES UP LESS SPACE, AND THIS IN ITSELF IS INVALUABLE IN PARTLY ALLEVIATING THE DEPARTMENT'S PROBLEM OF SPACE SHORTAGE, IN THE FACE OF RAPIDLY GROWING DEMANDS FOR ITS SERVICE.
IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, THE SYSTEM SIMPLIFIES THE MORE INVOLVED PRINTING PROCESSES OTHERWISE REQUIRED FOR SUCH THINGS AS TRADE STATISTICS AND TABLES.
ONE ADVANTAGE FOR INSTANCE IS THAT TYPESETTING ERRORS NEED ONLY BE DELETED BY A SIMPLE PROCESS AND REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT WORDS OR FIGURES WITHOUT DOING THE WHOLE PAGE AGAIN.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT THE NEW SYSTEM PROVIDES SELECTION FROM 300 DIFFERENT SIZES OF TYPE, WHICH IS SEVEN TIMES MORE THAN IS OFFERED BY THE OLDER EQUIPMENT.
THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO DEAL QUICKLY WITH LATE AMENDMENTS, SUCH AS THOSE FREQUENTLY REQUIRED FOR ENTRIES
IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED A SECTION OF ITS STAFF TO UNDERGO A THREE-MONTH TRAINING COURSE.
THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF ALL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, FORMS AND PRINTED STATIONERY.
ITS WORKLOAD AND USE OF PAPER HAVE DOUBLED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, LAST YEAR ALONE, THE DEPARTMENT UNDERTOOK A RECORD NUMBER OF 12 000 JOBS AND USED 3 036 TONS OF PAPER.
THE JOBS INCLUDED THE PRINTING OF THE BEST-SELLING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION +HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT+, THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND ORDINANCES, FACT SHEETS, APPLICATION FORMS FOR DRIVING LICENCES, HONG KONG'S REVENUE AND ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, MAPS, EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPERS AND NUMBEROUS OTHER PUBLICATIONS.
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TYPESETTING CAPABILITY INTO THE LASERCOMP SYSTEM.
SOME 60 PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE PRINTING INDUSTRY WERE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.
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