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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AGREEMENTS
PRIOR APPROVAL OF FUNDS.
ENTERED INTO WITHOUT
"FEES PAID TO CONSULTANTS ARE BASED ON ONE OF THREE STANDARD METHODS OF REMUNERATION.
"THE MAJORITY OF PROJECTS ARE UNDERTAKEN ON THE BASIS OF A STANDARD SCALE WHICH SPECIFIES THE FEES AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, WITH THE PERCENTAGE DECREASING AS THE CONSTRUCTION
COST INCREASES.
"WHERE A CONSULTANCY IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE FEE IS USUALLY NEGOTIATED AS A FIXED SUM CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF STAFF RESOURCES USED ON THE STUDY.
"IN SOME CASES A CONSULTANT IS PAID FOR HIS SERVICES ON A 'TIME CHARGE' BASIS, BY WHICH HE IS REIMBURSED AS FIXED HOURLY RATES FOR THE STAFF EMPLOYED ON THE PROJECT.
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"ALL FEES ARE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED AND THE CONSULTANT, AND APPROVAL BY THE SELECTION BOARD, MR BARNES SAID.
LEGISLATION AGAINST COMPUTER CRIME BEING PREPARED
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DRAFT LEGISLATION IS NOW BEING PREPARED TO SPECIFICALLY COVER CRIMES INVOLVING THE USE OF COMPUTERS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RITA FAN,
ON CRIMINAL SANCTIONS AGAINST TAMPERING WITH COMPUTER DATA, MR TSAO SAID THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION PROVIDING SANCTIONS AGAINST SUCH CONDUCT.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT ANY PERSON COMMITTING SUCH ACTS MIGHT BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION UNDER EXISTING CRIMINAL
LAW, SUBJECT ΤΟ THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE ACTS WERE COMMITTED.
COULD BE LEVELLED HIS FIRM'S COMPUTER ΤΟ
"FOR EXAMPLE, A CHARGE OF FALSE ACCOUNTING AT A DISHONEST PAYROLL CLERK WHO PROGRAMMED INCREASE HIS OWN MONTHLY PAY," HE SAID.
ALTERATIONS
OF
COMPUTER
MR TSAO SAID THERE WAS LITTLE BVIDENCE THAT COMPUTER-RELATED CRIME, INCLUDING UNAUTHORISED
OR ERASURES PROGRAMMES OR DATA, POSED A MAJOR PROBLEM IN HONG KONG.
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HOWEVER. AS THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR BECOMES MORE EXTENSIVE, THERE IS A RISK MAY BE USED FOR DISHONEST PURPOSES, HE SAID.
THAT THEY
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