XN000022-1983-06-07 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1983

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE WHERE NEW BLOCKS, A MODERN COMMERCIAL CENTRE AND COMMUNITY AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WERE PROVIDED ALSO UNDER A REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME.

THEY SAW AT FLATS WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO PROVIDE LARGER AND SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION FOR THE TENANTS.

EARLIER THE GROUP OF SENIOR PROFESSIONALS AND EXECUTIVES FROM SHANGHAI, BEIJING, TIANJING AND GUANGZHOU ATTENDED A SEMINAR IN WHICH SENIOR HOUSING OFFICIALS OUTLINED THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES, URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AND NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

THEIR VISIT TO HONG KONG FORMS PART OF A SEVEN-WEEK TRAINING COURSE ORGANISED BY THE SHANGHAI INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPALITY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF THE WORLD BANK, OF WHICH CHINA IS A MEMBER.

DURING THEIR STAY HERE, THE PARTY WILL BE SEEING HONG KONG'S MASSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME, TRANSPORT, NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SEWAGE AND WATER TREATMENT WORKS.

POLICE FORCE KEEPING UP WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE IS STRIVING, BY THE USE OF WELL PROVEN METHODS AND THE ASSISTANCE OF HIGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF A SOPHISTICATED, DEMANDING AND COMPLEX SOCIETY, THE DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES, MR. ROBERT BROWN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE HONG KONG COMPUTER CONFERENCE 9, WP. BROWN OUTLINED HOW THE FORCE WAS CURRENTLY EMBRACING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AN EFFORT TO MEET ITS FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES.

''AS AN ORGANISATION, THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE IS MANPOWER INTENSIVE, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RIGHT INFORMATION AT THE RIGHT TIME IS ITS LIFE BLOOD, HE SAID.

NOTING THAT THE FORCE OPERATES WITHIN A FAST CHANGING SOCIETY, MR. BROWN SAID IT WAS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ALL ASPECTS OF HICH TECHNOLOGY IN AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH COUNTER-BALANCES WHICH WOULD ENABLE IT TO RETAIN THE INITIATIVE AND THUS CONTINUE' TO FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS TO THE PUBLIC.

''INEVITABLY THE COMPLEXITY OF FOLICING MODERN HONG KONG HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE TO TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK AT THE MANY AND VARIED ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS WHICH MAKE UP POLICE WORK AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, RELATE THESE TO CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY."