WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1984
HE ALSO URGED FACTORY OWNERS TO USE THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE AND TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD WHICH ARE MOST WILLING TO HELP IN WHATEVER WAY THEY CAN.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER FOR KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI, MR TAM WING-PONG, ONE OF THE THREE SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR, SAID THAT FACTORY OWNERS AND MANAGERS SHOULD LOOK INTO SUCH PROBLEMS AS SAFETY, POLLUTION, FACILITIES FOR EMPLOYEES, AND GET BETTER FACTORY MANAGEMENT.
HE FELT THAT THE PROPER HANDLING OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULD RESULT IN HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY, BETTER MORALE AMONG WORKERS, AND BETTER PROFITS.
AIRPORT ADOPTS NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM
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THE NEW COMPUTER I SED AUTOMATIC MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (AMDS) AT THE AEROF IXED CENTRE AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS INAUGURATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY MR TREVOR THORPE, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION.
IN A BRIEF CEREMONY, MR THORPE PRESSED A BUTTON, AUTOMATICALLY SENDING OUT A PREPARED MESSAGE ON THE SYSTEM'S AEROFIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO AVIATION CHIEFS IN NEIGHBOUR ING COUNTRIES TO SIGNIFY THE INAUGURATION.
THE AEROF 1XED CENTRE HANDLES TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES PRIMARILY CONCERNING FLIGHT SAFETY, METEOROLOGY AND OTHER ASPECTS ESSENTIAL FOR AIR OPERATION.
THE COMPUTERISED AMDS WITH ITS $10-MILLION HARDWARE HANDLES THESE MESSAGES EFFICIENTLY, REPLACING A 20-YEAR-OLD SYSTEM WHICH EMPLOYED MAINLY ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING DEVICES AND STORAGE ELEMENTS IN THE FORM OF FERRITE CORES.
THE NEW EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN PUT ON TESTING SINCE LAST NOVEMBER.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR THORPE SAID THE FUNCTION OF THE AEROF IXED CENTRE WAS TO SUPPORT AIR OPERATIONS TO ENSURE SAFE AND FAST AIR TRAVEL.
+TO MEET THIS PURPOSE, THE COMPUTERISED AMDS INCORPORATES A NUMBER OF SPECIAL FEATURES WHICH REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE OLD SYSTEM WHICH IS BECOMING OBSOLETE WITH TIME, + HE SAID.
/+THEY INCLUDE
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