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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1989

MOREOVER, AS THE SCHEME ENABLES THE COMPUTATION OF CHARGES AND CHECKING OF DECLARATIONS BY COMPUTERS AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S COLLECTION OFFICES. QUEUING TIME HAS BREN GREATLY REDUCED.

IT TAKES, ON AVERAGE, LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES ΤΟ PROCESS 100 DECLARATIONS CONTAINED IN ONE DISKETTE, WHEREAS IT TAKES ABOUT HALF A MINUTE TO PROCESS ONE DECLARATION UNDER THE MANUAL SYSTEM.

TRADERS SUBMITTING DECLARATIONS IN LARGE NUMBER HAVE FOUND THE SCHEME OF PARTICULAR CONVENIENCE TO THEM.

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TO JOIN THE SCHEME. TRADERS ONLY NEED A MICRO-COMPUTER SYSTEM (WITH HARD DISK AND PRINTER) WHICH RUNS ON MS-DOS OF VERSION HIGHER.

FOR TRADERS WHO HAVE NOT YET COMPUTERISED THEIR TRADE DOCUMENTATION WORK. THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE AVAILABLE USER FRIENDLY SOFTWARE TO HELP THEM IN PREPARING IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS USING MICRO-COMPUTERS AND AT THE SAME TIME PRODUCING OUTPUTS THAT MEET ALL THE FORMAT REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED BY GOVERNMENT,

THE SOFTWARE. TOGETHER WITH THE OPERATION MANUAL. IS NOW AVAILABLE AT $110 PER SET FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 18TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1. 12 HARBOUR ROAD. WAN CHAI.

TRADERS SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR COMPANY CHOP IN THE COURSE OF PURCHASING THE SOFTWARE.

ALTERNATIVELY. TRADERS CAN DEVELOP THEIR OWN SOFTWARES TO JOIN THE SCHEME SO LONG AS THE OUTPUT FORMATS OF DECLARATION CONFORM TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN A GAZETTE NOTICE (GN 3747) ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 4. 1988.

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ASSISTANCE IS BEING OFFERED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TO TRADERS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE SCHEME. A NUMBER OF SEMINARS AND DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND MORE WILL BE HELD.

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-8663196.

PUBLIC FORUM ON MID-LEVELS ROAD CORRIDOR

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ABOUT PLANNED FORUM ON

MID-LEVELS RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO ROAD NETWORKS IN THEIR DISTRICT AT A PUBLIC TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 14) EVENING.

INVESTIGATION

38 PIER FOR

THE FORUM, TO BE HELD IN ROOM 1416. HARBOUR BUILDING,

ON WILL FOCUS

THE ENGINEERING ROAD. CENTRAL.

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MID-LEVELS EAST-WEST ROAD CORRIDOR.

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