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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

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*A TEACHING SYLLABUS AND SUITABLE TEACHING MATERIALS WILL THEN BE DEVELOPED WITH DUE CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS.

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THESE MATERIALS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER 1993.

THE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HOWARD YOUNG AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAN SAID SINCE FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD ORGANISED 11 SEMINARS TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT TRAVEL AND TOURISM AT THE SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.

TWENTY-SIX SCHOOLS HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR INTEREST IN INTRODUCING THE SUBJECT AT SECONDARY 4 FROM SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.

THE HKEA WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO PROVIDED THAT NOT LESS THAN SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN THE EXAMINATION IN THAT SUBJECT EACH YEAR.

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COMPUTER CRIMES BILL INTRODUCED TO LEGCO

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THE COMPUTER CRIMES BILL 1992 WHICH SEEKS TO MAKE CERTAIN FORMS OF COMPUTER MISUSE CRIMINAL OFFENCES WAS INTRODUCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

SECOND

THE

FOR MOVING

SECRETARY READING OF THE BILL,

WAS NO EVIDENCE SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID ALTHOUGH THERE

PUT IN SHOWING THAT SUCH CRIME WAS WIDESPREAD, IT WAS NECESSARY TO PLACE APPROPRIATE LEGAL SANCTIONS AGAINST COMPUTER MISUSE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN DISHONEST GAIN FOR THE WRONGDOER OR LOSS TO OTHERS.

ASPREY SAID

MR

TACKLE THE BILL WOULD UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO A COMPUTER BY MEANS OF OFFENCE.

"HACKING"

BY MAKING TELECOMMUNICATION AN

ACCESS TO A

THE BILL WOULD CREATE A NEW OFFENCE OF GAINING COMPUTER WITH DISHONEST INTENT OR WITH INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENCE.

APPLY

"THIS WOULD

IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER UNAUHTORISED OR NOT, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF THE MEANS POINTED OUT.

THE ACCESS WAS OF ACCESS," HE

IN THE THEFT CRIMINAL

HE SAID THE BILL WOULD ALSO AMEND PROVISIONS ORDINANCE AND THE CRIMES ORDINANCE RELATING TO BURGLARY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

TO A

THUS THESE PROVISIONS WILL COVER SUCH ACTS IN RELATION COMPUTER, ITS DATA OR ANY PROGRAMME CONTAINED IN A COMPUTER, HE SAID.

/ALSO THE

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