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Tenders for supply of Chinese word processing software
The Government is inviting tenders for the supply of microcomputer systems for Chinese word processing (CWP) and related services to various departments.
Announcing this today (Friday), a spokesman for the Chinese Language Division (CLD) said the procurement of the personal computers and CWP software was to implement recommendations of the Working Group on the Use of Chinese in the Civil Service which had identified a package of proactive measures to encourage the greater use of Chinese throughout the civil service.
This tendering exercise is part of the $112.8 million procurement and training project which has been approved by the Finance Committee in October.
"The supply of the PCs and the software is to meet the increasing demand for secretarial and technical support in Chinese word processing as more Chinese is used.
"Along with the availability of equipment, the project aims at providing training for some 13,000 general grades staff to use CWP. It will begin in the next financial year and takes about three years to complete," the spokesman said.
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CLD, which is responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the project, will become an independent department next April with a new title the Official Languages Agency.
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The tender notice was published in the Gazette today.
Drainage improvement works in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long
The Government intends to carry out drainage improvement works in Tuen Mun and Yuen Long to protect villages in the two areas from flooding.
In Tuen Mun, works will start in February next year to construct a reinforced concrete rectangular channel measuring 640 metres long and 4.5 metres wide.
The project, when completed in early 1998, will provide a long-term solution to flooding in Tsing Chuen Wai area.
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