THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1986
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SIR EDWARD VISITS DATA PROCESSING AGENCY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WAS GIVEN AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY (GDPA) WHEN HE VISITED THE AGENCY THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DATA PROCESSING MANAGER, MR COLIN GREENFIELD, AND SENIOR ASSISTANT DATA PROCESSING MANAGER, MR GORDON KONG, SIR EDWARD TOURED THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE AGENCY LOCATED ON DIFFERENT FLOORS OF NEW MURCURY HOUSE IN WAN CHAI.
AFTER A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE AGENCY AND A BRIEFING ON A SELECTED COMPUTER SYSTEM - THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU SYSTEM SIR EDWARD TOURED THE DATA ENTRY SITE AND SAW A DEMONSTRATION OF THE WANG DATA INPUT.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE COMPUTER HALL WHERE HE SAW A WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER FACILITIES AND WAS BRIEFED ON THEIR FUNCTIONS. THESE INCLUDE THE WANG MACHINE FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SYSTEM AND THE GENERAL ELECTORAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM, THE GOVERNMENT BUREAU MACHINE, THE OPTICAL MARK READER FOR EXAMINATIONS SYSTEMS AND THE GRAPHIC PLOTTER.
SIR EDWARD ROUNDED OFF HIS VISIT WITH A DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTORATE STAFF.
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RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS FOR JULY RELEASED
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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JULY 1986, PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED AT $5 852 MILLION, WAS 7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JULY 1985 WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1985, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME RESPECTIVELY.
RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT DOWN BY 14 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
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