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Printing Document Solutions Forum for
Logistics Companies Plaza Conference Centre
35/F, Central Plaza September 22, 2005     
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Title Some Latest Initiatives of Electronic
Documents in the Hong Kong Logistics
Industry Speaker Ron Chan Marketing
Manager The Hong Kong Shippers Council
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• Established in 1967
• "To protect and promote the interests of Hong
  Kong exporters and importers, traders and
  manufacturers in matters relating to the
  transportation of merchandize by sea, land and
  air"

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• Founder Ordinary Members
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• The Chinese Manufacturers Association of Hong
  Kong
• The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong
  Kong
• The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers
• The Federation of Hong Kong Industries
• Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and
  Logistics Ltd
• Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association Ltd
• Hong Kong Kwun Tong Industries and Commerce
  Association Ltd
• Hong Kong Woollen Synthetic Knitting
  Manufacturers Assn Ltd
• The Hong Kong Exporters Association
• The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
• The Hong Kong Management Association
• The Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers Association
• The Hong Kong Trade Development Council
• The Hong Kong Knitwear Exporters Manufacturers
  Association Ltd
• The Indian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong

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• Associate Members
• importers and exporters
• buying offices and trading houses
• banks
• consultancy and research companies
• insurance companies
• freight forwarders and logistics service
  providers
• law firms

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• Some Latest Initiatives of Electronic Documents
  in the Hong Kong Logistics Industry
• Background
• 911
• Advanced Manifest System (24 hours rule)
• 2001 Policy Address
• - to strengthen the role of HK as the
  preferred international and regional
  transportation logistics

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• Some Current Electronic Documents
• Import / Export Trade Declarations (April 2000)
• AMS 24 hours rule
• Unified Road Cargo Manifest
• (ROMAN)

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• Electronic Documents
• Electronic Terminal Receipt (E-TR)
• Digital Trade Transportation Network
• (DTTN)

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• Electronic Terminal Receipt
• OnePort Ltd (joint venture by HIT, Modern
  Terminals, COSCO-HIT Tradelink) conducted
  market research in 2002 to understand the
  document flows and potential improvement
  opportunities
• Kwai Chung Terminal Operators will stop printing
  paper Terminal Receipts on October 3, 2005
  (including HIT, Modern Terminals COSCO-HIT)

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• Electronic Terminal Receipt
• 7,000 tractors signed up for the service
  (representing 60 of total number of tractors
  using Kwai Chung Terminals)
• 250 major freight forwarders signed up for the
  services (representing 50 of total
  export/import laden throughput in Kwai Chung)

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• Electronic Terminal Receipt
• Paper option to E-TR for shippers are not
  registered with OnePort Ltd
• Benefits to the manufacturers
• no more delays receive E-TR from truckers
  within an hour
• track trace details of the latest container
  and vessel
• no more copying and filing online document
  storage

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• DTTN
• What is DTTN ?
• A Government endorsed community wide platform
  that allows any company to reduce its costs and
  improve its efficiency
• HK Government awarded the right to develop
  operate the DTTN to Tradelink in 2003
• Neutral, Open, Secure, Non-Exclusive electronic
  document exchange platform
• Support over 60 major documents related to
  trade, logistics and finance
• Connects any company to its trading partners
  through a low-cost single e-channel

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• DTTN
• Key Features
• sends immediate alerts and notifications via
  email or mobile phones
• automatic data inheritance
• stores data online for 2 years and offline for
  7 years
• pilot test is underway and the system will be
  ready in early 2006

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• Benefits for using Electronic Documents
• cut operation costs through reduced delays,
  double handling / data entry minimized errors
  
• save time and cost for document delivery
• significant business and efficiency
  opportunities
• - just in time supply chain management
• - e-access to more trading partners

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• THANK YOU !