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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1990
"THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION HAS ENABLED GOVERNMENTS TO SELECT THE RIGHT POLICY PRIORITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO INTRODUCE NECESSARY LEGISLATION, HE SAID.
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MR BARNES BELIEVED THAT FOR TACKLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG, ADAPTATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD BE NECESSARY.
"WE ARE PLEASED ΤΟ SEE THIS WORKSHOP BRINGING TOGETHER OVERSEAS AND LOCAL EXPERTS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH ONE OF ITS OBJECTIVES BEING TO FIND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING HONG KONG,' HE ADDED.
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ITSD DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON DEPT'S MANPOWER SITUATION
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WASTAGE IN THE PROFESSIONAL MANPOWER IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT (
(ITSD) THOUGH IS STILL HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR GOVERNMENT OVERALL, IT IS APPRECIABLY LESS THAN THE RATE GENERALLY PREVAILING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, DR COLIN GREENFIELD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION, DR GREENFIELD SAID WHILST WASTAGE IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS ALARMINGLY IT HAS NOW SETTLED DOWN CONSIDERABLY AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE OF PROFESSIONAL MANPOWER MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS THAN THE 14 PER WHICH THE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.
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"WHILST THIS IS STILL APPRECIABLY MORE THAN THE AVERAGE GOVERNMENT OVERALL, OF ABOUT SIX PER CENT, AND IS CERTAINLY MORE WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE, WE CAN DRAW SOME CONSOLATION FROM THE FACT THAT IT IS APPRECIABLY LESS THAN THE RATE GENERALLY PREVAILING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR," HE SAID.
NOTING THAT MANPOWER SHORTAGE CONTINUED TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM, DR GREENFIELD SAID SIGNIFICANT GAINS HAD BEEN MADE.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT AS WITH THE REST OF THE GROWTH IN ESTABLISHMENT WAS SEVERELY RESTRICTED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR ALTHOUGH THE RESTRICTION WAS LESS THAN THAT DEPARTMENTS.
** IN PLACE OF THIS, HOWEVER, WE WERE GIVEN A MUCH PROVISION FOR THE HIRE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ESPECIALLY ANALYSTS/PROGRAMMERS.
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