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TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1989
JUNE
MORE DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN THE "CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REPORT" FOR 1989.
WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT $3.50 PER COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE. CENTRAL: OR FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1. 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG: OR FROM THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH. HONG KONG FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS MAILINGS.
TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDEXES MAY BE MADE то THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8235089.
THE HANG SENG CPI WAS 135.7 IN JUNE 1989. UP BY 0.8 PER CENT OVER MAY 1989 AND UP BY 11.0 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1988. THE HANG SENG CPI IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE 10 PER CENT OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG THAT SPENT $10,000-$24,999 A MONTH DURING THE
1984/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.
COMMITTEE TO PUSH AHEAD WORK PROGRAMME
THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL PUSH AHEAD ITS WORK PROGRAMME IN THE COMING MONTHS. WITH THE AIM OF HELPING HONG KONG TO MOVE CONFIDENTLY INTO A FUTURE WHERE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WILL PLAY AN EVER LARGER ROLE. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. PROFESSOR POON CHUNG-KWONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO REVIEW THE COMMITTEE'S YEAR OF OPERATION AND TO ANNOUNCE ITS AHEAD, PROFESSOR POON SAID THE COMMITTEE WAS AREAS - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) AND THE BIOTECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG.
FIRST
WORK
PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR FOCUSSING ON TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF
HE SAID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WAS A TOP PRIORITY AS ECONOMIES WORLDWIDE BECAME MORE KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE.
"WE RECENTLY PUT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT ON ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI) FOR TRADE AND TRADE RELATED ACTIVITIES. WE ADVISED ON WHY HONG KONG SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS ADOPTING EDI AND ON HOW EDI MIGHT BE DEVELOPED." HE SAID.
PROFESSOR POON SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO ADVISE FURTHER ON HOW EDI MIGHT BE PROMOTED TO POTENTIAL USERS.
"IN OUR FIRST YEAR. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SUPERCOMPUTING AS A POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE 'IT' INFRASTRUCTURE OF HONG KONG AND WE ARE PLANNING TO CARRY OUT A DETAILED CONSULTANCY STUDY ON HOW NEEDS FOR VERY HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING COULD BE MET.
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