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IN THE LONGER TERM, HE SAID, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COPE IF IT RELIED ON LABOUR AND PAPER INTENSIVE PROCESSING.

"WE WILL ALSO, INCREASINGLY, NEED ΤΟ COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PORT ADMINISTRATIONS. THE EXISTING VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM TAKES US PART OF THE WAY TOWARDS A PAPERLESS REGIME, BUT REACHING THAT GOAL WILL NEED NEW INVESTMENT NOW IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

JUST COMPLETED, TOGETHER

HE SAID THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAD WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.

A STRATEGIC REVIEW

"WE WILL BE BIDDING FOR RESOURCES ΤΟ COMMENCE NEXT YEAR.

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IMPLEMENTATION

MR MILLER SAID THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY WOULD NOT BE CHEAP AND WOULD NOT PRODUCE IMMEDIATE MANPOWER SAVINGS, BUT "HONG KONG CANNOT AFFORD THE ECONOMIC DISBENEFITS WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM BUREAUCRATIC DELAYS TO SHIPPING.

IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS MADE IN YUNG LONG, TUEN MUN

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LAYERS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS CONTAINING UNDISTURBED PREHISTORIC

RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN YUNG LONG,

AND LATE NEOLITHIC BURIALS WERE

BLACK POINT, TUEN MUN.

THE SITE WAS RATED IN A TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN HONG KONG.

AS ONE OF THE

IN

AN EXCAVATION IN YUNG LONG, CONDUCTED BY THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE (AMO) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH, STARTED

EARLY APRIL THIS YEAR ΤΟ OBTAIN A DETAILED RECORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF PAST HUMAN SETTLEMENT ON THE SITE.

OF THE

THE WORK WAS ASSISTED BY THREE LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS DR S.M. BARD, MS PAMELA ROGERS AND MR AU KA FAT AS WELL AS THE AMO'S VOLUNTEERS.

IT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

THE HONG KONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY WAS ALSO COMMISSIONED TO INVESTIGATE THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SITE FROM MAY TO MID-JULY.

EARLIER EXCAVATIONS IN THE AREA HAVE CONFIRMED THE EXCEPTIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF THE SITE.

IT IS NOT ONLY PARTICULARLY RICH

IN TERMS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS BUT IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE OUTSTANDING SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE :

IT CONTAINS IN-SITU NEOLITHIC PERIOD;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL

DEPOSITS OF THE LATE

# THE DISCOVERY