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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989

TRADERS WHO WISH TO SUBMIT IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS BY MEANS OF THE DISKETTE SUBMISSION SCHEME ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THE FOLLOWING TO ANY ONE OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S TRADE DECLARATION CHARGES COLLECTION OFFICES:

(1)

(2)

(3)

INDIVIDUAL DECLARATIONS IN THE FORM OF COMPUTER PRINTOUTS;

MICRO-COHTUTER DISKETTE(S) ON WHICH THE ABOVE DATA ARE RECORDED;

SUMMARY DECLARATION(S) SIGNED BY THE DECLARANT; AND

(4) CASH OR CHEQUE OF AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF CHARGES.

THE FORMATS OF DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN ITEMS (1) ΤΟ (3) ABOVE ARE SPECIFIED IN THE GAZETTE NOTICE ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 4 1988.

1

TO JOIN THE SCHEME, A TRADER NEEDS A MICRO-COMPUTER SYSTEM

VERSION (WITH HARD DISK AND PRINTER) WHICH RUNS ON MS-DOS OF

OR 2.0

ABOVE.

A USER-FRIENDLY, MENU-DRIVEN MICRO-COMPUTER SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE TRADERS IN PREPARING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS USING MICRO-COMPUTERS AND AT THE SAME TIME PRODUCING DECLARATION OUTPUTS THAT MEET ALL THE GOVERNMENT'S SPECIFIED FORMATS.

THE SOFTWARE TOGETHER WITH THE OPERATION MANUAL, AT A UNIT PRICE OF $110, ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG. ENQUIRIES ON HOW TO ACQUIRE THE SOFTWARE CAN BE MADE ON 5-8234883.

DEVELOP THEIR OWN

SOFTWARES

CAN ALTERNATIVELY, TRADERS

ΤΟ JOIN THE SCHEME SO LONG AS THE DECLARATION OUTPUTS ARE IN THE FORMATS AS SPECIFIED IN THE GAZETTE NOTICE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE DISKETTE SUBMISSION SCHEME IS TO FACILITATE TRADERS IN PREPARING TRADE DECLARATIONS IN A MORE EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE WAY THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTERS.

THE PROCESSING TIME AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S

CAN TRADE DECLARATION CHARGES COLLECTION OFFICES

ALSO BE SHORTENED TREMENDOUSLY THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTERS, WHICH MEANS LESS QUEUING TIME FOR TRADERS.

TRADERS WHO ARE SUBMITTING MANY DECLARATIONS AND ARE USING

HANDLING COMPUTERS OF SOME SORT IN

THEIR TRADE DOCUMENTATION WILL FIND THE SCHEME OF PARTICULAR CONVENIENCE TO THEM.

IN FACT, THE CONVENIENCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE SCHEME HAS PROVEN THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF A PILOT SCHEME EARLIER THIS YEAR.

BEEN

ABOUT 150 LARGE TRADING FIRMS, MOST OF WHICH SUBMIT HUNDREDS OF DECLARATIONS A MONTH, HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE PILOT SCHEME.

/THEY HAD ...