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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991
"THEY COVER THE HANDLING, PROTECTION AND STORAGE OF ALL IS, CLASSIFIED DATA, NO MATTER IN WHAT FORM SUCH DATA IS STORED, THAT
STORED WHETHER THE DATA BE
IN CONVENTIONAL FILES OR ON COMPUTER
SYSTEMS MEDIA.'
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FOR PROTECTING
PERSONAL
DATA
GROUP
SECRETARY FOR HOME
BOTH EXPERTISE
IN
NEEDS RECOGNISING THE SPECIAL STORED IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THE ACTING SECRETARY SAID A WORKING ON DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION, REPORTING TO THE AFFAIRS AND DRAWING ON ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WITHIN GOVERNMENT, ESTABLISHED DATA PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES WHICH WERE ISSUED TO GOVERNMENT IN MARCH 1988.
PROTECTION DEPARTMENTS
"THESE PRINCIPLES WERE BASED ON THOSE WHICH HAD BEEN ADOPTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984, HE ADDED.
ᎠᎪᎢᎪ .
MANAGEMENT
THE DATA PROTECTION GUIDELINES ISSUED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SET OUT
RESPONSIBILITIES, SPECIFY THE
PARAMETERS
THE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL
DOWN DATA AND LAY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF THESE DATA AGAINST UNAUTHORISED ACCESS.
FOR
DATA PROTECTION
A RECENT SURVEY OF
PRACTICES IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CARRIED OUT BY THE WORKING GROUP SHOWED THAT, PARAMETERS SET, THE GOVERNMENT'S RECORD ON
IS SATISFACTORY.
WITHIN THE
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
DEPARTMENTS HAVE
PROTECTION
OF
GOVERNMENT THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT MOST
PROCEDURES
THE DRAWN UP FOR SPECIFIC POLICIES AND PERSONAL DATA STORED IN THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
MANY HAVE A SENIOR MEMBER OF STAFF OR COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA STORED IN THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
THE
ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION NOT LOWERED
REQUIREMENTS
GIVEN
IN
THERE ARE NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO LOWER THE ENTRY FOR THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERATION IS BEING
FLEXIBLY TO
THE APPLYING INDIVIDUAL CASES.
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ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
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MR
MING-YUM
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, JOHN CHAN,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON NG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WITH
AND
AND THREE-YEAR TEACHER HE NOTED THAT THE EXISTING TWO-YEAR TRAINING COURSES IN THE COLLEGES WERE INTRODUCED IN 1980 IN LINE THE POLICY LAID DOWN IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY TERTIARY EDUCATION.
/THE MINIMUM