SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1988
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IDEAS ON LOCAL MARINE CRAFT REVIEW WELCOME
THE
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WELCOMES INPUT AND IDEAS ON LOCAL CRAFT REGULATIONS REVIEW FROM ALL THOSE CONCERNED IN THE SUCH AS BOAT CLUBS AND THEIR MEMBERS.
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR GERRY HIGGINSON, SAID OPENING OF THE "PUMA HONG KONG IN-WATER BOAT SHOW 1988" MARINA COVE, SAI KUNG, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
MR HIGGINSON SAID THE DEPARTMENT STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES IN AN ATTEMPT TO LONG-STANDING BUREAUCRATIC CONTSRAINTS.
WAS REVIEWING
CURRENT
FIELD,
THIS AT THE AT THE CLUB
MANY OF THE REMOVE SOMB OF THE MORR
AND INSPECTION
OF VESSELS, AND INDEED OF EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY,
AT THE LESS RIGID AND MORE IN KEEPING WITH TODAY'S NEEDS WHILST, TIME, MAINTAINING THOSE ESSENTIAL STANDARDS OF SAFETY," HE SAID.
SAME
"WE WANT TO MAKE THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF LICENSING
ALL
BOAT CLUBS
"IN CONDUCTING OUR REVIEW, WE WELCOME INPUT AND IDEAS FROM THOSE DIRECTLY CONCERNED IN THIS FIELD, SUCH AS THE MAJOR AND THEIR USER MEMBERS."
HAWKER LICENSING BECOMES COMPUTERISED NEXT MONTH
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HAWKER LICENSING RECORDS WILL BECOME
COMPUTERISED NEXT MONTH
FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE $3.2 MILLION COMPUTER SYSTEM.
"THE COMPUTERISED LICENSING SYSTEM
HAWKERS AND
RECORD OF SOMR 20,000 LICENSED WHICH ARE AT PRESENT HANDLED MANUALLY BY THE OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TODAY.
H AN
URBAN
WILL КЕЕР AN ACCURATE 12,000 HAWKER PITCHES HAWKER RECORDS OFFICES COUNCIL SPOKESMAN SAID
IN "LICENCE AND PITCH RECORDS AND ALL RELATED INFORMATION WILL
SYSTEM. THIS WILL FUTURE BE STORED IN THE DATA-BASE OF THE COMPUTER
SPREDING UP SUCH NECESSARY WORK BE UP-DATED ON-LINE, GREATLY
AND HE SAID. FACILITATING THE MANAGEMENT OF PITCHES AND LICENCE HOLDERS,
THE
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SAID, SPOKESMAN
AN
TO BE
AS PART OF
COMPUTERISATION, THE IDENTITY-CARD TYPE "BADGE" WILL BE ISSUED WITH EVERY LICENCE,
• WORN OR DISPLAYED BY ALL LICENSED HAWKERS FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION.
/THE SPOKESMAN
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