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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986
+ THE REPLACEMENT OF PERSONNEL FILES BY A COMPUTERISED DATA BASE WILL IMPROVE MANAGEMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION, WILL INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND WILL IMPROVE THE CAPACITY FOR CAREER PLANNING.
+ALSO, AN INSTITUTE OF MANPOWER STUDIES PROGRAMME CALLED +MICROPROSPECT+, MAKING USE OF THE DATA BASE, WILL ENABLE THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH TO MODEL LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS ON RECRUITMENT AND WASTAGE RATES.
+THIS SHOULD MAKE POSSIBLE MORE ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE TYPES AND NUMBERS OF RECRUITS NEEDED IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, WITH BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON STRUCTURES AND CAREER PLOTTING.
+IN MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, RECORD KEEPING AND PROCESSING FUNCTIONS ARE AMENABLE TO COMPUTERISATION, AND PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR CONTINUALLY IMPROVING THE SE, + MR SCOTT ADDED.
TURNING TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR EDUCATION IN THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MR SCOTT STRESSED THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTER STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOON TO BE FOLLOWED IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS THE EMPHASIS ON COMPUTER STUDIES AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND OUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES- AND THE COURSES AT THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, ALL SHOWED THE GOVERNMENT'S KEEN AND CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO FURTHERING COMPUTER EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG COMPUTING INDUSTRY FEDERATION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN PROVIDING TRAINING TO MAKE UP FOR THE PRESENT SHORTFALL IN TRAINED PERSONNEL.
MR SCOTT REMINDED THAT MOST MID-LEVEL MANAGERS TODAY WHO WERE IN THEIR LATE 30'S AND EARLY 40'S DID NOT HAVE A COMPUTER STUDIES ORIENTED EDUCATION. HE CALLED ON THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY AND THEIR FEDERATION TO TAKE UP THE NEED FOR ADULT EDUCATION IN THIS FIELD.
+ THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL DO ITS BEST TO LOOK TER THE FUTURE I HOPE THE INDUSTRY WILL TAKE UP ITS DUTY TO REMEDY THE PRESENT,+ MR SCOTT SAID.
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