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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988

COMPUTERISATION WITHIN GOVERNMENT BEING REVIEWED

WITHIN

AN

RIGHT-MONTH

A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS HAS COMMENCED REVIEW OF COMPUTERISATION

STRATEGIC STRATEGIC GOALS FOR COMPUTER USAGE, THE SECRETARY

THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ EXAMINE ITO SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, SAID IN THE

FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

LEGISLATIVE

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY PROF THE

TEAO SAID PROVIDED

PARTICULAR

ATTENTION

WOULD DEVELOPMENTS

HON POON BE GIVEN IN DATA

CHUNG-KWONG,

MR

TO OPPORTUNITIES

PROCESSING AND

BY TECHNOLOGICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

POTENTIAL

FOR INFORMATION

AND

"THE CONSULTANTS WILL CONSIDER THE EXCHANGE, THE NEED FOR NETWORKING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

DEPARTMENTS

"CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO DATA SHARING AND WITH THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR,

EXCHANGE UPON THE NEED FOR DATA SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF

WITH DUE EMPHASIS BAID.

PRIVACY, MR TBAO

41

0

BOO ISSUES 746 ORDERS FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF

A TOTAL

THR

BUILDINGS

LANDS LAST YEAR REQUIRING

AND

DEPARTMENT ISSUED

OF 746 ORDERS STRUCTURAL DEFECTS TO BE REPAIRED.

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

SAID QUESTION BY THE HON EDWARD HO.

(WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A

TODAY

WERE

MR BARNES SAID OF THE 746 ORDERS, ABOUT 85 PER POST-WAR BUILDINGS, WHILE SIX POST-WAR HIGH-RISE

WERE FOR FROM THE FIFTIES

BUILDINGS IN SUCH POOR STATE THAT DEMOLITION WAS

CENT CONCRETE

NECESSARY.

HE SAID THAT ΤΟ

INDICATE

THE

EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM

WOULD REQUIRE A SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE WHOLE POST-WAR BUILDING OF SOME 60,000 BUILDINGS.

STOCK

MR BARNES