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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1988

PRIOR TO IT BEING HANDED OVER TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH

LEADERS DEPARTMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND COMMUNITY

IN TUEN MUN WILL BE INVITED TO TOUR THE HOSPITAL SEPARATELY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING A TOUR OF TUEN MUN HOSPITAL FOR THE MEDIA ON DECEMBER 15 (THURSDAY).

THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ SHOW THE MEDIA TYPICAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES IT BUILDS IN NEW TOWNS.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

WILL

HOSPITAL TOUR

WHICH

BE BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE LEI, DURING THE WILL START AT 2.30 PM.

BE TAKEN то

AFTER TOURING THE HOSPITAL, THE MEDIA GROUP WILL VIEW A PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY ON THE THEME OF "PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE IN NEW COMMUNITY",

A

THE TOUR, AVAILABLE

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO JOIN

BE WILL VIEW THE PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY AND MEET MR LEI WHO FOR INTERVIEWS.

VAN WILL

A PRESS COACH AND A TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. LEAVE FROM HANKOW ROAD, NEXT TO THE PENINSULA HOTEL, AT 1 PM SHARP.

DEMAND FOR COMPUTERS IN GOVT RISES SHARPLY

THE DEMAND FOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT HAS RISEN SO SHARPLY THAT APPROVED EXPENDITURE OF $388 MILLION HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR DEPARTMENTS TO FURTHER DEVELOP COMPUTERISATION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE DATA PROCESSING MANAGER, DR COLIN GREENFIELD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

HF SAID.

**THIS IS ABOUT DOUBLE THAT FOR THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEAR,

SPEAKING AT A MEET-THE-MEDIA SESSION, DR GREENFIELD SAID THAT THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN GOVERNMENT HAD INCREASED AT A RAPID RATE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WITH NEARLY ALL DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST IN THEIR DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS.

/"GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,