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"WE ARE ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST FAR EAST COUNTRIES TO OFFER PUBLIC VIDEO-CONFERENCING FACILITIES," HE SAID.
MR LEUNG SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT OLIVETTI WAS
ARCHIVING INTRODUCING IMAGE PROCESSING AND DOCUMENT
TECHNOLOGIES TO
HONG KONG.
"THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO OUR WILL WORLD-CLASS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. THEIR APPLICATION
DOCUMENT HANDLING FURTHER ENHANCE OUR DATA PROCESSING, COMPUTING AND CAPABILITIES IN
FIELDS, INCLUDING THE FUTURE ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE, HE SAID.
ALL
"
DEVELOPMENT
OF
MR LEUNG SAID HONG KONG WAS AT A PIVOTAL POSITION AS A MAJOR FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTRE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
"APART FROM ITS EXCELLENT PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN ITS WORLD COMPETITIVENESS REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1989 HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG'S MARKET AND FINANCIAL DYNAMISM, ITS FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMY AND ITS INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY, HE SAID.
HE SAID THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION WAS NOW THE WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING MARKET AND ITS PENETRATION REQUIRED A STRATEGICALLY PLACED PHYSICAL PRESENCE.
HE SAID MANY ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL OFFICES WERE ALREADY IN HONG KONG. AN IMPORTANT TESTIMONY WAS OLIVETTI SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS
ALSO HONG KONG, WHOSE REGIONAL OFFICE HERE
SUPPORTED OPERATIONS IN TAIWAN, KOREA AND CHINA.
"ITS PRESENCE HERE NOT ONLY EMPHASISES HONG KONG'S VITAL ROLE AS A REGIONAL CENTRE, BUT THE INTRODUCTION OF OLIVETTI'S LATEST INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES WILL BRING HONG KONG TO THE FOREFRONT OF SUCH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT," HE SAID.
1989 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR 1989 HAS JUST
THE SURVEY IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND REPRESENTS CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME IN THE DEPARTMENT TO COLLECT ECONOMIC ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL IN HONG KONG.
COMMENCED.
A
PART OF
STATISTICS ACTIVITIES
THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY ARE TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE DATA FOR EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES то HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS, AND FOR ASCERTAINING STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTPUT LEVELS.
THEIR COST
/RESULTS OF
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