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MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1990

ABOUT 600 FIRMS ARE ALREADY USING THE SCHEME AND THEY SUBMIT SOME 53,000 DECLARATIONS EACH MONTH. THIS REPRESENTS SOME SEVEN PER CENT IN TERMS OF DECLARATIONS.

FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS INDICATES THAT THE SCHEME HAS GREATLY FACILITATED THEIR DECLARATION WORK. PARTICULARLY THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DECLARATIONS.

FIRSTLY, ACCORDING TO THE PARTICIPANTS, THEIR WORK IN PREPARING DECLARATIONS HAS BEEN HALVED. SECONDLY, THE PROCESSING TIME AT THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT'S DECLARATION COLLECTION HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED.

OFFICES

TO JOIN THE SCHEME, TRADERS NEED ONLY ΤΟ HAVE A SIMPLE MICRO-COMPUTER SYSTEM.

FOR TRADERS WHO ARE USING COMPUTERS BUT HAVE COMPUTERISED THEIR TRADE DOCUMENTATION WORK, THE GOVERNMENT AVAILABLE USER FRIENDLY MICRO-COMPUTER SOFTWARE. THE TOGETHER WITH THE OPERATION MANUAL, IS AVAILABLE AT $160 FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

NOT YET HAS MADE SOFTWARE

PER SET

SYSTEMS

TRADERS CAN, IF THEY WISH, DEVELOP THEIR OWN COMPUTER TO MEET THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE OUTPUT FORMATS OF DECLARATIONS MUST CONFORM ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT'S SPECIFICATIONS WHICH ARE DETAILED IN THE RELEVANT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NOTICE (G.N. 3747 ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1988).

FOR TRADERS WHO PREFER TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN JOINING THE SCHEME, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ASSISTING THEM IN THE PROCESS. AS A RESULT, THE REJECTION RATE FOR SUBMISSIONS ON DISKETTES IS LESS THAN ONE PER CENT.

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANISED A NUMBER SEMINARS/DEMONSTRATIONS/HANDS-ON SESSIONS FOR TRADERS TO ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING THE SCHEME.

FOR THOSE TRADERS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED THE

GOVERNMENT'S SOFTWARE

BUT HAVE DIFFICULTY IN USING IT, THE DEPARTMENT HAS OFFERED A NUMBER OF FREE TRAINING SESSIONS. MORE OF THESE WILL BE ORGANISED. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED SHOULD TELEPHONE 866 3196 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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