Describes innovative applications of different types of computers and information systems considered to have had high development impact on Asian and Pacific countries. Government computer applications in the areas of clerical systems, management systems, and public systems are described, and their developmental impact is discussed. (CLB)

Technologies that enhance the ability to create and understand information have led to changes in the traditional legal concepts of property, ownership, originality, privacy, and intellectual freedom. The importance of government addressing such issues and investing in development of a high-capacity computer network is discussed. (KR)

Until 1965 there was little or no planning in the universities and technical institutes of university standing in the Federal Republic of Germany, and virtually no electronic data processing, so university statistics were inadequate. Since that time, West German universities have been increasingly pressured to provide statistics to substantiate…