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"BUT, LIKE MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS, THIS HAS TENDED TO BE ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, WITHOUT LOOKING AT OVERALL NEEDS AND WITH INADEQUATE STANDARDISATION, HE ADDED.
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SIR DAVID SAID GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE 1990S WOULD !'E GIVEN MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORKING OUT THEIR OWN NEEDS MANAGING THEIR OWN RESOURCES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY.
"THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO LOOK ON COMPUTERISATION AS A OF IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL BUSINESS, RATHER JUST AS A LABOUR OR PAPER-SAVING DEVICE.
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IN THIS WAY WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT DEPARTMENTS GET TIE FULL BENEFITS, IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE, FL 1 THE NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 905, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT MANY NOW IN POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AS BUSINESS DECISION MAKERS HAD NO CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT COMPUTERS PART OF THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION.
"THEY HAVE NEEDED TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO LEARN HOW 10 USE THE NEW TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO THEM. THIS IS TRUE OF FIRMS AS IT IS OF INDIVIDUALS."
SIR DAVID BELIEVED THAT THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS WOULD BE MUCH LESS OF A PROBLEM IN THE 908.
"A RECENT REVIEW OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG BY MARKET ANALYSTS PREDICTS THAT THE INDUSTRY'S EARNINGS IN THE 90S WILL COME MOSTLY FROM USERS REPLACING OLDER SYSTEMS WITH NEWER, UP-TO-DATE, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, OR FROM USERS EXPANDING THEIR REQUIRING LARGER SYSTEMS.
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"IN BOTH CASES CUSTOMERS WILL BE FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH THE INITIAL COMPUTERISATION WILL BE SEEKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY TO ORGANISATIONS MORE COMPETITIVE, SIR DAVID SAID.
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HE SAID HIS CONFIDENCE WAS REINFORCED BY THE RAPID STRIDES NOW BEING MADE IN THE FIELD OF FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
HE POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION MADE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE 19708 THAT TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SHOULD BE PROMOTED AT ALL LEVELS, COMPUTER LITERACY COURSES HAD BEEN 1NTODUCED INTO JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASSES; AND COMPUTER STUDIES WERE PART OF THE CURRICULUM OF SENIOR SECONDARY CLASSES.
/SINCE 1982