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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990
STREAMLINING CO-ORDINATION IN PREPARING ESTIMATES
THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD.
MOVING THE SECOND READINGS OF THE BILLS, SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THAT THE ADMENDMENTS WOULD ENABLE THE ESTIMATES OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE TWO COUNCILS TO BE SUBMITTED ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR IN JANUARY RATHER THAN IN CEMBER.
HE SAID THE PREPARATION OF THE COUNCILS' ESTIMATES COINCIDE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S ANNUAL BUDGET EXERCISE.
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE AMENDMENTS WOULD STREAMLINE OVERALL CO-ORDINATION, AND THEY HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE TWO COUNCILS.
THE BILLS AMENDED SECTION 39(1) OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE AND SECTION 41(1) OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY.
DEBATES ON THE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IN COMPUTER USE
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IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ITS LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE, THE GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT SO THAT IT MAY ASSIST THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN ITS COMPUTER PLANNING, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM PROFESSOR THE HON C.K. POON, SIR PIERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED DEPARTMENTS' OR BRANCHES' REQUESTS FOR COMPUTERS ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.
"WE ARE NOW MOVING TOWARDS ASSESSING REQUESTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LONG-TERM PLANS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR BRANCH INVOLVED, HE SAID.
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WITH THE OVERALL AIM BEING SETTING SPECIFIC STANDARDS OF GENERAL APPLICATION, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD, WHEN INVITING TENDERS, RESTRICT TENDERS TO CONFIGURATIONS COMPLYING WITH THOSE STANDARDS.
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"I WOULD EMPHASISE THE LONG-TERM NATURE OF THIS APPROACH,' SIR PIERS SAID.
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