WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1978
UNDER DEVELOPMENTS ARE THE NEW TRADE STATISTICS SYSTEM, THE PUBLIC HOUSING APPLICATIONS AND TENANCY RECORDS SYSTEM (HATMIS), THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE ALLOCATION (SSPA) SYSTEM, AN INTEGRATED INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT (IRD) SYSTEM, THE CENTRAL REGISTER OF DRUG ADDICTS, AND THE DOMESTIC ACCOUNTS OF THE WATERWORKS OFFICE. FURTHER DOWN THE PIPELINE, SYSTEMS FOR TEACHER RECORDS, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, AND A REGISTER FOR THE DISABLED ARE BEING CONSIDERED.
THE TRADE STATISTICS SYSTEM IS AIMED AT MEETING HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS TO STANDARD TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AT THE SAME TIME AS GIVING A FASTER DELIVERY OF TRADE FIGURES.
HATMIS IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE RECORD-KEEPING, THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS, AND TO ELIMINATE MULTIPLE TENANCY.
THE SSPA SYSTEM WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT SSEE, WHILE THE IRD SYSTEM WILL INTEGRATE TAX RECORDS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ABOUT THE SAME PEOPLE.
THE CENTRAL REGISTER OF DRUG ADDICTS IS AIMED AT GIVING A BETTER OVERALL PICTURE OF PUBLIC PROGRAMMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTIONS AS AN AID BOTH TO PLANNING AND ALSO TO THE MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT POLICIES.
DOMESTIC WATER ACCOUNTS WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE ACCOUNTS.
IN ADDITION, CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO INSTALL ING MINI-COMPUTERS IN DEPARTMENTS IN WHICH PART OF THEIR WORK CAN BE HANDLED MORE EFFICIENTLY BY SUCH MACHINES IN THEIR OFFICES.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 30 MINI-COMPUTERS INSTALLED IN VAR IOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE CIVIL AVIATION, THE POLICE, THE IMMIGRATION, AND TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENTS.
THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE LOK ON PA! DESALTING PLANT HAVE SPECIALISED COMPUTERS FOR PROCESSING THEIR TECHNICAL DATA. THE ONE AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR REPLACEMENT.
A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS ALSO HAVE TERMINALS ON-LINE' TO RESPECTIVE FILES HELD ON THE DPD COMPUTERS TO ALLOW SPEEDY RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION.
THE INSTALLATION AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO PEOPLE APPLYING FOR A DRIVING LICENCE OR ITS RENEWAL WHEN AN APPLICATION FORM IS PUT INTO A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TERMINAL, THE DPD COMPUTER RECORD IS CHECKED, AND A LICENCE PRINTED OUT, WHERE APPLICABLE, IN ONLY A FEW SECONDS,
THE ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC EXAMINATION PAPERS, ALLOCATION OF SCHOOL PLACES, ISSUE OF TAX ASSESSMENT AND DEMAND NOTES TRADE WATER BILLS AND THE COMPILATICI: OF TRADE STATISTICS ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF PROFITABLE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS WHICH AVOID EXCESSIVE PAPER WORK AND TIME DELAY.
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