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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1988
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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH HAVE EMBARKED ON MAJOR COMPUTERISATION ACTIVITIES IN RECENT YEARS, INCLUDE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, FIRE SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT
LEGAL, SECRETARIAT, THE ICAC, JUDICIARY, LABOUR,
MARINE, MEDICAL & HEALTH, RATING & VALUATION AND THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARMENT.
"THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT'S COMPUTER COMMITTEE ON COMPUTER NEEDS AND COMPUTERISATION PLANS, ADDED.
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HE
"IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES ARE FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PROCESS OF COMPUTERISATION AND TO MAXIMISE THE BENEFITS OF THE PROCESS, IT HAS ADOPTED A
FOR APPROACH SELECTED DEPARTMENTS, DR GREENFIELD SAID.
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IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE GDPA HAD PROVIDED VALUABLE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT NUMEROUS STUDIES ON FEASIBILITY, PLANNING STRATEGIES OF NEW SYSTEMS.
DR GREENFIELD SAID THAT INFORMATION SYSTEM STRATEGIC STUDIES
INLAND WERE CONDUCTED FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT,
REVENUE AND THE WERE EITHER IN POLICE FORCE, WHILE THOSE FOR FOUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS PROGRESS OR BEING ORGANISED.
"WE ALSO CARRIED OUT 80 PROJECT DEFINITION STUDIES ON A WIDE
HAVE RANGE OF SUBJECTS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, MANY OF WHICH
BEEN
DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED.
"THESE INCLUDE THE REVISED IDENTITY CARD INFORMATION SYSTEM, IMMIGRATION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT, LAND REGISTRATION, GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIES, COMPANY REGISTRATION, PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION AND RATES REVALUATION, HE SAID.
DR GREENFIELD SAID THE GDPA HAD ENCOURAGED THE INSTALLATION OF
AND MICROCOMPUTERS
RELATED EQUIPMENT EXTENSIVELY WITHIN THE
AND GOVERNMENT TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY
то IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
SERVICE.
"BY THE END OF 1988, 1,200 MICROCOMPUTERS AND 650 WORD TREND IS EXPECTED TO PROCESSORS WILL HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND THIS CONTINUE AND TO GROW IN PUTURE, HE SAID.
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DR GREENFIELD NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANALYST- PROGRAMMERS IN GOVERNMENT HAD INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT IN THE PAST MONTHS,
TOTAL WAS STILL RELATIVELY
AT SMALL, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
THE
"MOREOVER, THERE IS PROFESSIONALS RESULTING IN A GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BREN IMMUNE,
363,
A WORLD-WIDE SHORTAGE OF HIGH TURNOVER OF STAFF FROM
SUCH WHICH
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HE EXPLAINED.
/MR GREENFIELD