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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1993

THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION MUST BE

PRODUCED IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THE AUCTION IF THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK 1S TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE NAME OF BODY CORPORATE.

PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION, AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED

WILL AS USUAL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND.

THE COMING AUCTION WILL BE THE 199TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973.

FS VISITS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, WAS BRIEFED THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS USED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO ENHANCE WORK EFFICIENCY AND TO CUT COSTS.

DURING A TWO-HOUR VISIT TO THE DEPARTMENT, MR MACLEOD LEARNED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD EMBARKED ON A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAMME TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE ITS COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

HIS VISIT BEGAN WITH A BRIEFING GIVEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR PAUL CORSER, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN RECENT YEARS.

SINCE EARLY 1990, IT HAS BEEN WORKING ON A PLANNED DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION STRATEGY WHICH AIMS AT INTEGRATING INDIVIDUAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.

THE INTEGRATED APPROACH WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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THE OBJECTIVES ARE ΤΟ PROVIDE A STANDARDISED FRAMEWORK MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMME CONTROL,

TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF RESOURCES REQUIRED, AND TO MONITOR THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR CORSER, MR MACLEOD INSPECTED VARIOUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS.

CENTRAL REGISTER SUPPLIES BUSINESS DATA

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE AND UP-TO-DATE COMPUTERISED CENTRAL REGISTER OF AROUND 300,000 ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG TO SERVE MAINLY AS THE SAMPLING FRAME FOR ITS VARIOUS ECONOMIC SURVEYS.

MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ALSO MAKE USE OF THE REGISTER FOR PUBLICITY, SURVEY AND RESEARCH WORK.

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