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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983

HE SAID THAT WITH THE PROGRESS OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, THERE WERE RAPID CHANGES IN THE WAY BANKS HANDLE BUSINESS OR KEEP THE IR DATA.

THE DAY OF DOING AWAY WITH CASH AND BILLS' WOULD COME SOONER THAN WAS EXPECTED, HE SAID,

THROUGH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, NOT ONLY WOULD INTER-BANK CONNECTION BE STRENGTHENED, CREDIT COMPANIES, RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS WOULD ALSO BE LINKED UP IN AN EXTENSIVE INFORMATION NETWORK.

+CONFIDENTIALITY IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND TRUST OF THE CLIENTELE WILL HAVE TO BE MORE HIGHLY STRESSED, MR SO SAID.

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON PATRICK WILLIAMSON, EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT GIVEN BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO THE BILL AND FOR THE AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED BY MISS MARIA TAM.

+WHILE APPRECIATING THE WHOLLY COMMENDABLE CONCERN EXPRESSED BY MR ANDREW SO THAT WE SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE CONFIDENTIALITY THAT IS A NECESSARY PART OF LEGITIMATE BUSINESS, I FULLY ENDORSE THE CONVICTION EXPRESSED BY MR BROWN THAT THE BILL WILL NOT JEOPARDISE THIS CONFIDENTIALITY: IT WILL ONLY PUT AT RISK THOSE WHOSE BUSINESS IS CRIME, MR WILLIAMSON SAID.

THE BILL, INCORPORATING THE AMENDMENTS, WAS MOVED BY MR WILLIAMSON THROUGH THE COMMITTEE STAGE AND THE FINAL READING.

YOUTHS OFFERED WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES ****

A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IS AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN COUNTRY PARKS, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR THE HON JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THESE FACILITIES CATERED FOR ALL NEEDS, FROM THE SEDENTARY TO THE VERY ACTIVE, AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE HANDICAPPED, HE ADDED.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRY HU ON WHAT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WERE AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY PARKS, DR RIDDELL-SWAN ALSO SAID BASIC FACILITIES SUCH AS BARBECUE PITS AND PICNIC BENCHES -- AND THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 600 OF EACH ARE SITED THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.

+THESE ARE BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR FACILITIES WITH THE EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE PARKS EACH YEAR. MANY OF THE BIGGER PICNIC AND BARBECUE SITES HAVE RAIN SHELTERS, TOILETS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS FOR CHILDREN, HE SAID.

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