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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992

BEEN

BEEN THE

KONG" HAS

A MAJOR HIGH-TECH

FOLLOW-UP BUSINESS

THE REPORT ENTITLED "TECHNOLOGY ROAD MAPS FOR HONG PUBLISHED AND HAS

SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE AIMED AT IDENTIFYING FURTHER EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES.

SPECIFIC "SEVERAL

PRODUCTS AND R&D

PROJECTS IN THESE

FORM WILL

THE

TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED AND BASIS OF CO-OPERATION," MR CHAN SAID.

PRIVATE SECTOR

WERE ENCOURAGED

TO

TO MAKE

WHEREVER PRACTICABLE, THE INSTITUTIONS COLLABORATE WITH BACH OTHER AND WITH THE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES, HE SAID.

HAVE

EQUITABLE

OF

IN THIS CONNECTION, THE UPGC AND RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE FOR

OF DISTRIBUTION

RESEARCH FUNDING AND EFFECTIVE MONITORING EXPENDITURE.

AND AN

THESE INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIALIST PANELS EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF EXPERT ASSESSORS TO VET APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH GRANTS

REGULAR

INSTITUTIONS REPORTING BY THE RESEARCHERS ON THE USE OF ALL RESEARCH FUNDING AND THE RESULTS OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.

AND

AND

INDIVIDUAL

PROGRESS AND

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ASSESSMENT OF INSTANT LOTTERY' PROPOSAL EXPLAINED

THE LOTTERIES BOARD HAD SUGGESTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MAJOR INSTANT LOTTERY WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO CHANNEL FUNDS INTO PROJECTS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE ITS AMBIT, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, MR SUEN SAID THE BOARD'S PROPOSAL STEMMED FROM ITS CONCERN OVER THE PROLIFERATION IN HONG KONG OF INSTANT LOTTERIES OFFERING NON-CASH

PRIZES.

THESE LOTTERIES, MR SUEN SAID, WERE MAINLY USED FOR TRADE PROMOTION PURPOSES AND WERE LICENSED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING UNDER THE GAMBLING ORDINANCE.

IN VIEW OF THEIR POPULARITY DEVELOPMENTS OVERSEAS, THE LOTTERIES GOVERNMENT WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY INSTANT LOTTERY IN HONG KONG.

AND IN LINE WITH SIMILAR BOARD HAD APPROACHED THE BE PERMITTED TO CONDUCT AN

THE BOARD PROPOSED THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT THE LOTTERY DURING THE RACING CLOSED SEASON, POSSIBLY IN THE SUMMER OF 1993.

"WE HAVE RECEIVED ONLY A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL. FURTHER DETAILS WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE BOARD BEFORE A PROPER CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO IT," MR SUEN STRESSED.

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