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COMMUNICAT LON

RECOMMENDATIONS

TO IMPROVE EXISTING COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND PUBLICITY ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED:

INTERIM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM STUDIES (PARTS I & II) AN INTERIM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN

DESIGNED AND INSTALLED FOR USER TESTING:

DIAGNOSTIC REVIEW OF CLINICAL SERVICES STRATEGY

IS BEING MAPPED OUT FOR

IN HOSPITALS

A IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS; AND

MEDICAL RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SELECTED

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A PILOT HOSPITAL HAS BEEN то IMPLEMENT THE MODEL MEDICAL RECORD

FEASIBILITY

OF

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ΤΟ ASSESS THE

EXTENDING THE SYSTEM TO OTHER HOSPITALS.

AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION UNDER STUDY

THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF

VOTER REGISTRATION, THE SECRETARY

AUTOMATIC AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

INTRODUCING

FOR CONSTITUTIONAL

HOWEVER. MR SZE SAID THERE WERE 1 NUMBER OF TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS WHICH MUST FIRST BE OVERCOME IF THE PROPOSAL WAS TO BE PURSUED.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG, MR SZE SAID NOT ALL RECORDS KEPT BY THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS OFFICE WERE COMPUTERISED.

ADDRESSES AND SOME OTHER PARTICULARS ARE SEPARATELY STORED IN MICROFILM AND IT WOULD BE A MAJOR EXERCISE TO MANUALLY EXTRACT SUCH DETAILS TO IDENTIFY THE ESTIMATED 1.7 MILLION ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS NOT YET ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL.

FURTHERMORE, THE SECRETARY SAID THE RECORDS WOULD NOT ESTABLISH WHETHER A PERSON WAS QUALIFIED OR DISQUALIFIED TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.

"IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT SOME OF THE ADDRESSES WOULD NOT BY UP- TO-DATE, GIVEN THE HIGH MOBILITY OF THE POPULATION WITHIN HONG KONG AND THE GENERAL RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC TO REPORT CHANGES OF ADDRESS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGED TO DO SO," MR SZE SAID.

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