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MR CHEONG: You haven't tried stock size ?
Date:
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Reporter: PMO
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CCS: They were satisfied with the standard but it was very
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CCS: No, sir, no.
CHAIRMAN : Lee Yu-tai ?
MR LEE: Mr Secretary, I accept that there is a degree of difference between made-to-measure and stock sizes, do you think it is worth spending as much as one third more for the apparent benefits arising from this made-to-measure item ? Do they really
look that much smarter ?
S for S: As I said, if you went into stock sizes, each stock size would not fit to the standard required for the disciplined services out on the street. I mean, we have agreed, thanks to the promise of a computer programme, to go into the possibility and we will cost it out and in fact we have already started down this road. All I say is it would just be too expensive, given the tailoring
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with anything like the proficiency of manufacturers in the private sector. You would get to the point where the marginal cost for
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We will cost it all out and see whether
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MR CHEONG: Mr Chairman, I want to set the record straight
that I did not promise to provide you with a computer programme ! I simply said that it should be looked into, given that Hong Kong is the biggest exporter of garments in the world and therefore there are so many experts and expertise involved, that Government should look into it. I don't have the expertise.
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