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Information exchange

PROF. PCON asked:

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implementation of a territory-wide computer network to facilitate information within Government departments and between the Government and the private sector?/

SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION:

Sir,

Profeseer Poon's question comes just as a team of consultants has commenced an 8-month strategic review of computerisation within the Hong Kong Government. This wide-ranging study will examine Government's strategic goals for computer usage and particular attention will be given to opportunities

opportunities provided by. technological developments in data .processing and telecommunications.

The consultants will consider the potential for information exchange, the need for networking between government departments and the conditions necessary for its implementation.

Consideration will

be

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and

also given to data sharing exchange with the public, including the commercial sector, with due emphasis upon the need for data security and protection of privacy.

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