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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1986
MR CHAN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE COMPUTER SOCIETY, WHICH HE SAID HAD BUILT UP AN IMPRESSIVE TRACK RECORD SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1970. THE SOCIETY HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL TO UPHOLD THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AND TO ESTABLISH AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN CHINA AND IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
IT HAD ORGANISED OR SPONSORED SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS BRINGING THE NEWEST COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TO ITS MEMBERS AND TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
BESIDES THIS, THE SOCIETY HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, SUCH AS DONATING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS AS WELL AS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO SOME SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+ IT IS REPRESENTED ON THE ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING TRAINING COMMITTEE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WHICH IS CONCERNED WITH TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
+ IT ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE GOVERNMENT'S DATA PROTECTION COMMITTEE WHICH IS LOOKING INTO THE VERY IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY COMPLEX QUESTION OF WHAT MEASURES MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN REGARD TO THEIR PERSONAL DATA WHICH ARE STORED IN INCREASING QUANTITIES IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTORS.+
APPROVED DESIGN FOR FURNACES, CHIMNEYS NEEDED
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FACTORY AND RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE URGED TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE DESIGN OF FURNACES AND CHIMNEYS BEFORE THEY WERE INSTALLED OR ALTERATION WORK CARRIED OUT.
MAKING THE APPEAL TODAY (SATURDAY), THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR AIR AND NOISE DIVISION MR FRANKLIN CHUNG, SAID THIS WAS TO AVOID COSTLY CLOSURES, MODIFICATIONS OR THE TEMPORARY SHUTDOWNS OR DISMANTLING IN CASES OF SERIOUS AIR POLLUTANT NUISANCE.
MR CHUNG WAS SPEAKING FOLLOWING THE FINDINGS MADE BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ON A NEW ASPHALT PLANT IN SHA TIN FOR NOT APPLYING FOR NECESSARY APPROVAL.
/HE DISCLOSED