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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1989

OTHER SPEAKERS AND COMMENTATORS AT THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE GRAFT-FIGHTERS FROM THE UNITED STATES. SINGAPORE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS. MACAU, MEXICO, PUERTO RICO. PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE UNITED NATIONS.

THE CONCEPT OF AN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE WAS FIRST CONSIDERED AT AN INTER-AGENCY DISCUSSION ON ANTI-CORRUPTION WORK HOSTED BY THE ICAC IN HONG KONG IN LATE 1981.

THE FIRST TWO CONFERENCES WERE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1983 AND 1985. THE THIRD. HOSTED BY THE TCAC IN HONG KONG TWO YEARS AGO. ATTRACTED MORE THAN 250 DELEGATES REPRESENTING 72 ORGANISATONS FROM 32 COUNTRIES.

THE SUCCESS AND VALUE OF THESE CONFERENCES HAVE GAINED BROAD INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. THEY SERVE TO STIMULATE THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND METHODOLOGY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION, AND FOSTER INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AMONG AGENCIES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD,

MORE TRADERS JOIN DISKETTE SUBMISSION SCHEME

WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1 THIS YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT HAS OPERATED A DISKETTE SUBMISSION SCHEME ΤΟ PROVIDE TRADERS WITH AN ADDITIONAL OPTION IN SUBMITTING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS. MICRO-COMPUTER DISKETTES.

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

SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME. MORE AND MORE FIRMS HAVE ADOPTED THIS METHOD IN LODGING THEIR IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS.

BY THE END OF OCTOBER, OVER 240 FIRMS HAD ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHEME AND SUBMITTED SOME 61,000 DECLARATIONS UNDER IT.

ACCORDING TO TRADERS. USING THE GOVERNMENT'S SOFTWARE OR A SOFTWARE DEVELOPTE BY THEMSELVES WITH COMPARABLE FEATURES, THEY HAVE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY THEIR TIME SPENT ON PREPARING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE,

ONE PARTICIPATING FIRM SUBMITTING MANY DECLARATIONS SAID IT HAD CUT BY MORP THAN HALF THI TIME SPENT ON DECLARATION PREPARATION WORK.

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