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THURSDAY, APRIL 1`, 1990

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CONTRACT AWARDED FOR INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE AT MARINE DEPT

* * * * *

THE FORMATION OF HONG

KONG'S OWN

A

TOOK REGISTER SHIPPING

SIGNING OF A CONTRACT MAJOR STEP FORWARD TODAY (THURSDAY) WITH THE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ITS INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THE CONTRACT, AWARDED TO EDPS SYSTEMS LTD, IS FOR

OF SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE

SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM.

THE SUPPLY, INCLUDING ALL RELATED OF THE SHIPPING REGISTRY

THE

CONTRACT IS

WORTH

$935,000

PLUS

SUBSEQUENT

ANNUAL

MAINTENANCE AFTER THE 12-MONTH WARRANTY PERIOD.

WITH THE

SUCCESSFUL SAID THE CONTRACT SIGNING MADE TOWARDS MEETING THE

TENDERER,

THE

THE SIGNING

CONTRACT

DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, WAS INDICATIVE OF THE GOOD PROGRESS BEING TARGET DATE FOR THE OPENING OF THE REGISTER BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

ri

OF ISSUANCE

CERTIFICATES

CONSUMING

AND

LABOUR

INTENSIVE

SAID MR AND OTHER ALL FOR

"THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF SHIP REGISTRATION WAS COMPLEX, SZE, "SO COMPLETION OF FORMS, FORMALITIES COULD BE TIME CONCERNED.

AND SO BE AS ENHANCING

"THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME, TOGETHER WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROCEDURES, WOULD SPEED UP THE REGISTRATION PROCESS MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR GOVERNMENT AND THE USER AS WELL THE SECURITY OF DATA," MR SZE SAID.

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MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN 1989

$234,196 MILLION TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR WAS VALUED AT

THAN

ΤΟ THAT IN

THE 1988, ACCORDING IN 1989, 12 PER CENT HIGHER

TRADE MERCHANDISE

IN 1989 RELEASED SUMMARY STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND IN 1989, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC

10 PER CENT AND 24 PER CENT RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 1988. THEIR SHARES IN TOTAL RESPECTIVELY OVER

PER CENT IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WERE 29 PER CENT, 20 PER CENT AND 16

CENT, RESPECTIVELY, AS COMPARED TO THE CORRESPONDING SHARES OF 28 PER 20 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT IN 1988.

OF WEIGHT,

AIRBORNE

IMPORTS

AMOUNTED TO

IN TERMS TONNES, WHILE TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS) AMOUNTED TO 422,741 TONNES, WHICH WERE 7 PER PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE IN 1988.

307,279 EXPORTS AND CENT AND 4

AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR IN TABLE 1.

MARKETS ARE SHOWN

/INCREASES WERE