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CS sees work and public services at Trade Department
The Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, was today (Thursday) given an insight into the work of the Trade Department and the public services it provided to traders during a morning visit to the Department.
Mrs Chan toured the various sections of the Department, met front-line staff and saw for herself different aspects of their services ranging from import/export licensing to the processing of local sub-contracting applications.
Accompanied by the Director-General of Trade, Mr Tony Miller, the Chief Secretary first visited the Department's information counter and an adjoining enquiry counter of the Trade Development Council where she was briefed on their operation.
At a multimedia panel nearby designed to facilitate customers' enquiries, she showed keen interest in the $290,000 computer system which used touch-screen technology to bring services information, in Chinese or English, virtually at fingertips.
Mrs Chan later met staff and and was explained the work and services at the various offices of the Department's Divisions such as North America, Systems, Other Regions and Europe.
At the Microfilming Unit, she was briefed on the procedures for licence verification and watched with interest a demonstration on the microfilming of licences and retrieval.
Later at the Certification and Textiles Controls Branches, the Chief Secretary was given an insight into the processing of local sub-contracting applications, textiles sample classification, as well as textiles import and/or export licensing control.
End/Thursday, December 1, 1994