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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989

TRADE DEPARTMENT UPGRADES COMPUTER LICENSING SYSTEM

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS ENHANCED ITS COMPUTER SYSTEM TO

EXPORT LICENCES THAT FOR THE EVER INCREASING VOLUME OF TEXTILES PROCESSES.

CATER

IT

BOTH UPGRADING INVOLVED

ITS PROCESSING

THE

COSTING $8 MILLION, THE PROJECT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO BOOST CAPACITY BY TWO AND A HALF TIMES.

DEPARTMENT

"THE UPGRADED SYSTEM NOT ONLY ENABLES THE WITH THE INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TEXTILES EXPORT LICENCES CONSTANTLY CHANGING DEMANDS OF TEXTILES ALSO ENABLE LICENSING OF ALL IMPORTS OF HONG KONG TO BE COMPUTERISED BY FEBRUARY 1990, OF TRADE, MR TONY MILLER, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

TO COPE AND THE WILL

BUT EXPORT CONTROLS, TEXTILES AND CLOTHING INTO THE ACTING DIRECTOR

OF EXPORT

THE

NEW CONTROL

THE INAUGURATION

TEXTILE COMPUTERISED

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK SYSTEM, MR MILLER SAID A FULLY SYSTEM HAD MANY ADVANTAGES.

AND

ACCURACY

OF

PROCESSING

SO

THAT

"IT IMPROVES THE SPEED BETTER SERVICE CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE TEXTILE TRADE.

"IT PROVIDES UP-TO-DATE

AND MAXIMUM

DETAILED

USE AND THE DEPARTMENT

BALANCE AND EXPORT DATA SO THAT

ALLOCATION

ON INFORMATION

QUOTA

BE CAN

MADE OF HONG CAN NEGOTIATE BETTER

HE SAID.

FIRST

KONG'S QUOTA RIGHTS OF ACCESS FOR HONG KONG'S TEXTILE PRODUCTS,

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTER SYSTEM

TIMES

-

18

1977 AND ENHANCED THREE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING OF TEXTILES

-

DEVELOPED IN GEARED FOR TEXTILES QUOTA LICENCES COVERING EXPORTS

TO ALL MARKETS WITH WHICH HONG KONG HAS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.

THESE MARKETS

ARE

THE

USA,

EEC,

AUSTRIA AND NORWAY.

CANADA,

SWEDEN,

FINLAND,

THE NUMBER OF TEXTILES QUOTA LICENCES AND RELATED PROCESSED BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT IN 1988 FOR HONG KONG'S MARKETS TOTALLED 2.7 MILLION, UP SEVEN PER CENT ON 1987.

THE 1990,

COMPUTER

SYSTEM

APPLICATIONS RESTRAINED

CATER FOR

WILL ALSO BY EARLY TEXTILES IMPORT LICENSING, WHICH IS DONE MANUALLY AT PRESENT.

ABOUT ONE MILLION

TEXTILES

IMPORT

THE DEPARTMENT PROCESSED LICENCES IN 1988 A 15.5 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1987.

-

THE UPGRADED SYSTEM WENT INTO OPERATION IN OCTOBER

WORK IT USES AN IBM-4381 SYSTEM AND IS LINKED TO 113 TERMINAL PRINTERS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

LAST YEAR. STATIONS AND

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