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South China Morning Post

Last Loaded on Web: Monday, April 01, 2013

Last Update To Bluesheet: July 31, 2008

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File Description Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort
Subject Coverage Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Sources Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates


File Description [top]

The South China Morning Post contains the complete text of staff-written stories of the South China Morning Post, the largest general circulation English-language newspaper published daily in Hong Kong.



Subject Coverage [top]

  • Consumer Issues
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Horse Racing
  • Industry
  • Labor
  • Politics
  • Real Estate
  • Trade


Sources [top]

The South China Morning Post database is derived from the first and second editions of the South China Morning Post.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • South China Morning Post


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1992 to the present
File Size: 595,794 records as of July 2008
Update Frequency: Daily


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Newspaper Articles


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
ASIANEWS Asia/Pacific News
NEWSDAIL News, Current - Daily Updates
TODAYSNE Today's News


Contact [top]

The South China Morning Post database is provided by the South China Morning Post. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

South China Morning Post
Judy Young, Chief Librarian
Morning Post Building
Tong Chong Street, Quarry Bay
Hong Kong,
China
Telex: 86008 scmp hy
Fax: 852 8111 048


Terms and Conditions [top]

No special terms or conditions.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    00000033  (THIS IS THE FULL TEXT) 
  /TI     Economist hits out at inefficiency 
  AU=   LANA WONG 
  JN=,PG=   South China Morning Post, p 5 
  PD=,PY=   March 1, 1993 
  DT=   DOCUMENT TYPE: Newspaper 
  JC=,LA=   JOURNAL CODE: SCMP LANGUAGE:  English 
  RT=   RECORD TYPE:  Fulltext 
     Word Count:  435 
     
  /LP,/TX   TEXT: AN economist yesterday criticised the Government for 
     its inefficiency and poor co-ordination which resulted in 
     delays in capital works and increases in project costs. 
         Mr Law Cheung-kwok, the spokesman on economic affairs 
     for the Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, 
     said the heavy underspending of about $7 billion on capital 
     works projects this financial year showed how serious the 
     problem was. 
  /TX      "There has been underspending for the past several years. 
     It's only this year the amount being underspent is 
     particularly high,"  Mr Law said. 
         He said taxpayers would eventually pay more for the 
     capital works projects which were not carried out as planned 
     last year - a year in which construction costs were 
     comparatively low due to a quiet market. 
         The heavy underspending also raised questions about the 
     financial management of the Government, he said. 
         He wondered why some departments which were allocated 
     the funds they requested were allowed to leave the money 
     idle while others, such as the Social Welfare Department, 
     which needed the resources could not get what they wanted. 
         Mr Law, research director of South China Brokerage, also 
     accused the Government of not giving enough attention to 
     the problem. 
         To overcome the problem, the Government is to appoint a 
     Director of Public Works to ensure the money earmarked 
     for public works is spent according to the schedules. 
         A partner of Ernst & Young, Mr Stephen Lau Sing-hung, 
     said delays in the airport projects would result in 
     inflated costs in the years to come. 
         Mr Lau said: ''Airport projects have been slowed down 
     this year.  If a deal on the new airport can be reached 
     this year, the money earmarked for it would have to be spent. 
         ''With high inflation, the expenditure on the airport 
     projects will be estimated to be higher.  This may bring 
     about even higher deficits for the coming years than 
     expected.'' 
         The inflation rate, Mr Lau predicted, would stay at 
     two-digit level when the airport projects gradually picked 
     up and the stock and property markets heated up, to be 
     coupled with the listing of several big Chinese companies 
     in Hongkong this year. 
         The comments were made after a public forum on budgetary 
     proposals for the coming fiscal year. 
         Speakers at the forum all agreed that personal tax 
     allowance should be raised but were divided on whether 
     whether corporate tax should be increased as well. 
         Mr Lau and executive committee member of the Chinese 
     Manufacturers' Association of Hongkong Mr Lui Ming-wah were 
     concerned about the unfavourable psychological effect on 
     investors especially time when Hongkong was heading for 
     high budget deficits. 
     
     Copyright 1993 South China Morning Post  All rights reserved. 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S SOCIAL(W)WELFARE(W)DEPARTMENT
/CP CP Caption1 Word S BUDGET(W)DEFICIT?/CP
/LP LP Lead Paragraph1 Word S CAPITAL(W)WORKS/LP
/TI TI Headline (Title) Word S ECONOM?(S)INEFFICIENC?/TI
/TX TX Text Word S FINANCIAL(W)MANAGEMENT/TX
/XT None Extract Word S PROJECT(W)COST?/XT

1 Also searchable with /TX.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX		 DISPLAY
CODE		 FIELD NAME
 INDEXING
 SELECT EXAMPLES
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
AU= AU Author/Byline Word
& Phrase		 S AU=(LANA(1N)WONG)
S AU=LANA WONG
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=NEWSPAPER
JC= JC Journal Code Phrase S JC=SCMP
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=930301
PG= PG Page Number Phrase S PG=5
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1993
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
None SO Source Information2
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count

2 Includes newspaper name and code and publication date.


LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/ DIALOG Accession Number S S3/0010000-9999999
/ENG English-Language Publications S S3/ENG
/FULLTEXT Complete Text Online S S1/FULLTEXT
/LONG Word Count of 1,000 words or more S S3/LONG
/NONENG Non-English Publications S S1/NONENG
/SHORT Word Count of less than 1,000 words S S1/SHORT
/YYYY Publication Year S S2/1993


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AU, PD, PY, TI SORT S13/ALL/PD,D
PRINT S5/5/1-24/TI


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. RANK AU S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

Output can be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/TI,LP/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
 DIALOGWEB
FORMAT		 RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
4 -- Bibliographic Citation and Word Count
5 -- Full Record except Text
6 Short Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
7 Long Bibliographic Citation and Text
8 Free Title, Publication Date, Word Count, and Indexing
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 0010000/5
DISPLAY 0074483/TI,LP PRINT 50301964/9


Rates [top]

Rates For File: South China Morning Post[726]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $1.38
Cost per minute:                   $0.97
Report Elements                    $0.14
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     4    $2.75    $2.75
     5    $2.75    $2.75
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $4.50    $4.50
     8    $0.00    $0.00
     9    $5.50    $5.50
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

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     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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