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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990

"I NEED NOT GO ANY FURTHER TO TALK ABOUT THE INEVITABLE LONG QUEUES AND THE FRUSTRATIONS THESE CAN CAUSE,' MR CHAN SAID.

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"IS THERE A MORE CONVENIENT, EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO CONDUCT THE TRANSACTIONS REQUIRED?

"I AM SURE THERE IS, AND I AM PLEASED ΤΟ SAY THAT WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS TOWARDS THIS.”

THE GOVERNMENT WAS TAKING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH, HE SAID.

TRADELINK, WHICH IS A

"ON THE ONE HAND, WE HAVE AGREED WITH GROUPING OF 11 OF THE TERRITORY'S LEADING ORGANISATIONS, TO EMBARK A SHARED PROJECT FOR EDI, SPEDI.

ON

IDENTIFIED "AT THE SAME TIME, GOVERNMENT HAS KEY TRANSACTIONS, LIKE LICENCE APPLICATIONS

BE AND IS WORKING ON HOW THEY COULD ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS.

AND

SEVERAL OF ITS DECLARATIONS,

TRADE IMPROVED AND TRANSFORMED INTO

EDI

OR

MR CHAN SAID ONE REASON WHY EDI WAS NOW DEVELOPING SO QUICKLY WAS THE AGREEMENT TO MOVE TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL

STANDARD, SOME SORT OF INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY CODE FOR EDI TRAFFIC.

THIS MADE MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT AN EASIER JOB.

"SOON, STANDARD MESSAGES, SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS,

MOST WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR

COMMON BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, THESE MAY STILL NEED ADAPTATION TO MEET LOCAL REQUIREMENTS,

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ALTHOUGH HE SAID.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEEDED ΤΟ MAKE A START ON MESSAGE

WORK DEVELOPMENT WORK WHILE ENSURING THAT THE

WAS IN KEEPING WITH EMERGING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

THIS WORK WAS STARTED RY TRADELINK AND WAS BEING CARRIED FORWARD THROUGH SPEDI.

"WE WOULD WELCOME INPUT FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE BUSINESS

AGENTS CARGO

AND COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS, BANKERS,

CHAN CARRIERS, SO THAT ALL THEIR NEEDS CAN BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT," MR SAID.

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