Electronic Data Interchange

7 Jun 2002

City University of Hong Kong is partnering with Microsoft Hong Kong to help firms develop software systems for supply-chain automation and streamlining logistics.

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Government to promote use of electronic document exchange system

14 May 2001

Computers are now widely used in the commercial sector, but the exchange of commercial documents - quotations, orders and invoices - among trading partners still depend on conventional means...

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RTEL applicants urged to use electronic system

24 Sep 1998

About 38 per cent of Hong Kong traders still do not use electronic data interchange (EDI) services to lodge their applications for restrained textiles export licences (RTELs). The rate of usage,...

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EDI brings exporters and customs on-line

2 Sep 1998

Macau has launched its first electronic data interchange message through its local VAN (value-added network) after six months' preparation.

The Macau EDI pilot scheme, which is...

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AEI puts P&O Nedlloyd on line

9 Mar 1998

US freight forwarding and transport group AEI has established electronic trading connections with P&O Nedlloyd.

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Customs procedure system changes

1 Dec 1997

Submissions of import and export declarations by diskette using the Diskette Submission Scheme will be discontinued from January 1, a Government spokesman has said.

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5:24AM

HK moves to bolster use of EDI

Hong Kong's textile traders will be encouraged to use electronic data interchange (EDI) for submission of restrained textile export licence (Rtel) applications under a phased migration programme...

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Document automation speeds trade flow

Thousands of Hong Kong companies can transmit documents by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) instead of sending the paper equivalent, as a result of Tradelink Electronic Document Services.

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CargoNet service to target smaller firms

CargoNet is planning a series of events with the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) to encourage greater use of electronic data interchange (EDI) among small and medium-sized companies.

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Tradelink stalls as officials drag feet

THE scheduled March launch of Tradelink, the much-delayed electronic document trade service partially owned by the Hong Kong Government, could be set back yet again.

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Far-sighted proposal works well on paper

BACK in 1990 the Government published a report called SPEDI.

It wasn't necessarily the most explosive document ever issued - it was about Electronic Data Interchange, which is...

3:49AM

Phone licences herald new era

BRAVO! After much waiting, licences have been granted that will allow three new fixed-line network operators to start competing against the long-held Hongkong Telephone monopoly from the end of...

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