ORDER OF ST JOHN
COMMANDER BROTHER
DR GEORGE CHOA
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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1989
MODERNISING HK'S TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL BASE THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLIED INCREASINGLY TO THE MODERNISATION OF HONG HONG'S TRADING AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE GREATER USE OF COMPUTERS WITHIN ITS OWN RANKS IN THE 1990S, SAID THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER CONFERENCE 1989 AT THE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.
"WE ARE EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTERISED TRADE DOCUMENTATION AND OF A SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE TRADING COMMUNITY, SIR DAVID SAID.
HE NOTED THAT STUDIES IN EUROPE AND AMERICA HAD ESTIMATED THAT THE COSTS OF DOCUMENTATION AND PROCESSING TAKE UP SOME FIVE TO 10 PER CENT OF ANY TRADE TRANSACTION,
"THE REDUCTION OF THIS COST BY THE USE OF ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE WOULD HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR TRADING SECTOR, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ALSO IMPORTANT PART то PLAY IN IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY MANUFACTURERS, REDUCING THEIR COSTS AND MAXIMISING THEIR USE OF MANPOWER.
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"IT LIES AT THE CORE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF AUTOMATION SYSTEMS THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED FUNDS FOR THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOP.
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"EXAMPLES INCLUDE COMPUTERISED PATTERN-MAKING-AND-GRADING SYSTEMS FOR THE GARMENTS INDUSTRY, AND AUTOMATIC TESTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT EFFORTS HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE TO ENCOURAGE GREATER USE OF COMPUTERS IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE 1990S.
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