InURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994
LAND DATA DIGITISATION CONTRACT SIGNED
THE LANDS A CONTRACT FOR DIGITISING LAND DATA MAINTAINED BY
AND SURVEY
MAPPING OFFICE DEPARTMENT'S
(SMO) WAS AWARDED TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR THE FIRST TIME TO A MAINLAND CHINESE COMPANY.
CONTRACT THE
MR GORDON
WAS
LAND
PRINCIPAL SIGNED BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT
SURVEYOR
ANDREASSEND FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND MR FANG HENG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHINA SIWEI SURVEYING AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, BEIJING, CHINA.
MAPPING
TENDER BID RUN
SIWEI WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOLLOWING AN OPEN EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO OVER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD.
THE GRAPHICAL DATA WHICH IS PLOTTED AT A SCALE OF 1:1000 ON THE OFFICE IS BASIC MAPPING SERIES MAINTAINED BY THE SURVEY AND MAPPING BEING DIGITISED AS A DATA LAYER THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED IN THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.
SIWEI WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVERTING THE DATA INTO
DIGITAL
FORMAT.
MR ANDREASSEND, WHO VISITED SIWEI'S FACILITIES IN BEIJING THREE MONTHS AGO, SAID: "THE SMO IS SATISFIED THAT SIWEI HAS THE COMPETENCE SPECIFICATIONS. WE AND THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO MEET THE CONTRACT BOTH LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING GOOD WORKING RELATIONS.
ESTABLISHED THE SMO HAS MR ANDREASSEND
"PREVIOUS CONTRACTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE HAVE BEEN WITH AN AUSTRALIAN FIRM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OF THIS TYPE WITH A PRC FIRM, ADDED.
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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JUNE 1994 RELEASED
RELEASED
BREAKDOWN
BY
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY)
ON EXTERNAL DETAILED STATISTICS
TRADE COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR JUNE 1994.
WITH
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1994, AT $80.3 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 20% OVER JUNE 1993.
SHOWED
DESTINATIONS:
VARIOUS MAGNITUDES WERE OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES OF RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL OF THE MAIN
(+22%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+35%), THE UNITED STATES (+24%), JAPAN
KINGDOM (+15%), TAIWAN CHINA (+19%), SINGAPORE (+19%), THE UNITED (+13%), FRANCE (+11%), THE NETHERLANDS (+8.0%) AND GERMANY (+7.9%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO MAIN DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
THE 10
/THE VALUE