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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9,

1992

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HE THEN VISITED THE WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE WHERE HE SAW THE MAIN ALTAR HALL AND TOURED THE JOSS STICK ARCADE AND THE ADJACENT WISH GARDEN.

BEFORE WINDING UP HIS VISIT, HE MET WITH DISTRICT MEMBERS AT A TEA RECEPTION IN THE TEMPLE'S PUNG MING HALL.

ON HIS VISIT BY THE

GOOD

BOARD

REGIONAL

THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR PAUL WONG, AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALDAN KWOK.

SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO GET NEW COMPUTERS

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BUY 3,465 COMPUTERS COSTING ABOUT $26 MILLION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THE 386SX MODELS REPLACING THE OUTDATED ONES HAVE PROCESSING SPEED, ADVANCED GRAPHICS, LARGER STORAGE AND FRIENDLY SOFTWARE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC 8 SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

M

FASTER USER-

WONG,

SPEAKING AT THE CONTRACT-SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE SUPPLY OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS TO THE DEPARTMENT, MR WONG SAID 315 GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS WOULD EACH BE GIVEN 11 SETS OF IBM MICROCOMPUTERS AND THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT OF ANOTHER 22 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WOULD ALSO BE UPGRADED.

MR WONG SAID THIS INVESTMENT WAS A HUGE ONE. IT ALSO TIED IN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS IN WHICH HE SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT ANY COMMUNITY MADE IN ITS FUTURE WAS WHAT IT SPENT ON IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF ITS CHILDREN.

THE FIRST PHASE OF INSTALLATION IS ΤΟ START SHORTLY AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE OVERALL INSTALLATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES, MR BILLY LAM, SAID THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN CONCLUDED WITH GREAT SPEED AND EFFICIENCY AND IN A MOST PROFESSIONAL MANNER THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING FROM BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS SUPPLIERS.

"WITH THE GOOD PRICE AND QUALITY PRODUCT WE HAVE ACHIEVED, THIS PURCHASE HAS CERTAINLY, ONCE AGAIN, TESTIFIED TO THE VALUE OF OUR FAIR AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, MR LAM SAID.

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AS AN ENTITY OF THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OF GATT, HE SAID IT WAS THE DUTY OF HIS DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT SYSTEM WAS OPERATED AND THAT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WAS MAINTAINED FOR ALL PLAYERS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SOURCE OR ORIGIN.

/"THE FACT