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At the same time as seeking to secure access to overseas markets and working towards a open world trading system, we need to consider how we can best encourage and assist our manufacturing industries to become increasingly competitive.
The Productivity Council, the Industry Department, the Industrial Estates Corporation and the Vocational Training Council all have an important role in this effort.
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The Government have, for many years, given a high priority to providing an adequate infrastructure for industry, in particular to ensuring that sufficent
supplies of energy,
energy, water and
water and industrial land are made
available. More recently, we have begun to place
increasing emphasis on providing support services specifically to assist industry to improve productivity and quality. Recent examples are the establishment of the Standards and Calibration Laboratory, the Laboratory Accreditation Scheme, and the Design Innovation Company.
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In addition, a number of new initiatives are being taken to assist industry through the valuable work
of the
the Industry Development Board. These result from
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