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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1986

HAWKER INFORMATION TO BE COMPUTERISED

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THE URBAN COUNCIL HAS STARTED PREPARATORY WORK ON A $5.6 MILLION PROJECT TO COMPUTERISE HAWKER LICENSING INFORMATION.

+THE COMPUTERISED HAWKER LICENCE RECORDS SYSTEM WILL ENABLE MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND ACCURATE HANDLING OF THE RECORDS OF SOME 26 000 LICENSED HAWKERS AND 18 000 HAWKER SITES WHICH ARE AT PRESENT MAINTAINED MANUALLY BY THE HAWKER RECORDS OFFICES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,+ SAID A COUNCIL SPOKESMAN TODAY.

+THIS IS A TIMELY PROJECT, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT REVIEW OF HAWKER POLICIES BY THE COUNCIL'S WORKING PARTY.+

THE CENTRAL OPERATION UNIT WILL BE LOCATED AT THE LOCKHART ROAD URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX TO BE OPENED LATER THIS YEAR, WHEN AN ON-LINE DATA-BASE SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A DATA-BASE ON HAWKER LICENCE RECORDS FOR THE URBAN AREA WILL BE SET UP.

COMPUTER TERMINALS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE USD HEADQUARTERS, THE TWO HAWKER RECORDS OFFICES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HARBOUR AND 11 DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

+THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 2 100 USD STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROL OF SOME 40 000 LICENSED AND UNLICENSED HAWKERS IN THE URBAN AREA. IN 1984/85, THE COUNCIL INCURRED A DEFICIT OF $107.5 MILLION IN HAWKER MANAGEMENT, SPOKESMAN SAID.

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+THE COMPUTERISATION PROJECT, TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN MID-1987, WILL DO MUCH TO MAKE HAWKER MANAGEMENT MORE EFFECTIVE WHILE SAVING EXPENDITURE IN THE LONG TERM,+ HE ADDED.

TRAVELLERS REMINDED OF ANIMAL, PLANT BAN

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PEOPLE MAKING TRIPS ABROAD DURING SUMMER HAVE BEEN REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS.

THE IMPORT, EXPORT OR POSSESSION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OR THE IR PARTS AND DERIVATIVES IS STRICTLY RESTRICTED UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

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