MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1991
OPEN UP "THE EXTENSION OF SUCH SERVICES TO JAPAN WILL FURTHER
WIDE RANGE OF THE COMPETITIVE PROVISION OF A
INTERNATIONAL VALUE
ADDED SERVICES FOR BUSINESS USERS AT REASONABLE PRICES.
HAS
ΤΟ STARTED
DISCUSS "THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH A
EXPECTED THAT CONCLUDING A SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT, AND IT IS
BE PERMITTED BETWEEN HONG SCOPE OF SERVICES AUSTRALIA," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WILL SOON
WITH THE VIEW TO THE SAME KONG AND
BY
INDUSTRY ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES COVERED
HONG KONG THE ARRANGEMENT AND THE LICENSING PROCEDURES APPLICABLE IN
HONG KONG POST SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BRANCH,
VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL, OFFICE, FIFTH FLOOR, SINCERE BUILDING, 173 DES HONG KONG.
NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR RATING AND VALUATION
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY AWARDED A CONTRACT INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS HONG KONG (ICL) FOR THE PROVISION OF HARDWARE
A PROPERTY VALUATION AND SOFTWARE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOR BOTH STAMP DUTY AND RATING PURPOSES FOR THE RATING (R&V) DEPARTMENT.
THE
SYSTEM AND VALUATION
TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
BE INFORMATION
WILL DEPARTMENT
SCHEDULED TO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEW SYSTEM
SALES FOR STAMP AUTOMATE THE PROCESSING OF PROPERTY WOULD SPEED UP THE SCRUTINY OF THE PRICE PAID
TRANSACTIONS.
WHICH
WOULD
DUTY PURPOSES
IN
PROPERTY
THIS WILL ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE STAMP DUTY IS PAID BASED ON MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, HE EXPLAINED.
THE
THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO COMPUTERISE THE CURRENT COLLECTING PROPERTY INFORMATION, ASSESSING NEW PROPERTIES TO AND ADDING THESE TO THE TREASURY'S COMPUTER SO THAT RATES DEMANDS BE ISSUED TO THE RATEPAYERS.
PROCEDURES FOR
RATES,
CAN
THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IS A UNIX-BASED OPEN SYSTEM WHICH TO THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR MID-RANGE COMPUTERS.
CONFORMS
A DRS6000 LEVEL THE HARDWARE MAINLY CONSISTS OF
65 CENTRAL TWO WORKSTATION. SOFTWARE INCLUDES PROCESSING UNIT AND A SUN SPARC
TRANSACTION ORACLE RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RDBMS) WITH
THE CAPITAL COST OF PROCESSING OPTION AND SAS STATISTICAL PACKAGE. THE SYSTEM IS $4.63 MILLION.
/AFTER THE
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