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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE NEW PRACTICE WAS INTENDED TO ASSIST THE INDUSTRY SO THAT VEHICLES MIGHT OPERATE IN VARIOUS WORK SITES WITHOUT OPERATORS HAVING то OBTAIN SEPARATE PERMISSION

TIME TO TIME.

FROM

IT

BY THE

"IN VIEW OF THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE VERY MUCH WELCOMED OPERATORS OF CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES AND MACHINERY, HE ADDED.

DESPITE THE GENERAL PERMISSION GIVEN, HE SAID CUSTOMS OFFICERS WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL USE OF MARKED OIL BY MOTOR VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADS, AND OFFENDERS WERE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $100,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.

THE DEPARTMENT MADE 505 PROSECUTIONS LAST YEAR, AND TOOK OUT 240 PROSECUTIONS UP TO JULY THIS YEAR AGAINST ILLEGAL USE OF MARKED OIL AS A FUEL IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

A NOTICE ON PERMISSION FOR WORK SITE VEHICLES TO USE MARKED OIL AS A FUEL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE.

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TRADE DEPARTMENT UPGRADES COMPUTER SYSTEM

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S

SYSTEM IS BEING UPGRADED ΤΟ TEXTILES LICENCES.

COMPUTERISED TEXTILES EXPORT CONTROL CATER FOR THE INCREASING VOLUME OF

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM 18 DEVELOPED FOR TEXTILES QUOTA ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING OF TEXTILES LICENCES COVERING EXPORTS TO ALL MARKETS WITH WHICH HONG KONG HAS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.

THESE ARE THE USA, THE EUROPEAN

ECONOMIC

COMMUNITY,

CANADA,

SWEDEN, FINLAND, AUSTRIA AND NORWAY,

ΤΟ COVER

THE SYSTEM, WHEN UPGRADED, WILL BE EXPANDED IN SCOPE TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING, SO THAT EARLY AND PRECISE INFORMATION CAN BE COMPILED ON THE IMPORT FLOW OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.

THE PRESENT SYSTEM UPGRADING INVOLVES BOTH COMPUTER HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE. THIRTY-THREE TERMINAL VISUAL DISPLAY UNITS AND PRINTERS WILL BE ADDED.

THE NEW CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT { IBM 4381) HAS A CAPACITY EQUAL TO 2.5 TIMES OF THE IBM 4341 MODEL PREVIOUSLY USED.

THE UPGRADED SYSTEM, WHEN FULLY OPERATIONAL IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR, WILL BE LINKED TO OVER 100 WORK-STATIONS AND TERMINAL PRINTERS AND CAN PROCESS OVER TWO MILLION LICENCE APPLICATIONS A YEAR.

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