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all district offices.
Meanwhile, copies of the 1996-97 Budget Speech will also be available for collection by members of the public from all district offices and the Publishing Sub- Division of the Government Information Services from 10 am on Thursday (March 7).
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Contract to convert plan data to digital format signed
The Planning Department has signed an agreement with China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology Corporation today (Tuesday) for the provision of service to convert plan data to digital format.
The project would involve converting plan data on about 300 Outline Development Plans/Layout Plans and 300 land supply record plans covering the New Territories to digital format, a spokesman for the department said.
"The digital plan data will facilitate the implementation of various computer projects which include computer aided drafting systems and geographical information systems in the department," he said.
The project will take about six months to complete.
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