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The focus of our industrial development service is therefore
centred upon stimulating investment in productivity enhancement
and quality improvement.
8.
in which the
In the case of manpower training
Industry Department and the IDB play an investigative role
the UPGC has agreed to devote priority to a larger output
of electronics engineers in the next triennium and the tertiary
institutions to modify their curricula, with a view to ensuring
that their graduates become more knowledgeable in computer
and microprocessor technologies. Furthermore, one of the
reasons why our electronics industry is lagging behind those
of our regional competitors is that we have not yet caught
up with the process technologies often associated with the
present generation of highly miniaturised and specialised
electronic products. By approving a commitment of $6 million
last November for a pilot training scheme to enable practising
engineers to learn circuitry design abroad, with a view
to returning to Hong Kong for work with semiconductor firms,
the Finance Committee of this Council has recognised that
there are technologies the acquisition and application
of which is an essential step in the process of helping
our industries to diversify and to grow.
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