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Trade and Industrial Organisations
INDUSTRY AND TRADE
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the oldest trade association in the Colony, now has a membership of over 1,800, representing all branches of commerce and industry. The chamber is represented on a number of government boards and committees. It is an organisation member of the International Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce, which held its biennial Congress in Hong Kong in May 1970.
Other chambers and trade associations include the Indian Chamber of Commerce, the American Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Hong Kong Exporters' Association.
The Federation of Hong Kong Industries, established by ordinance in 1960, devotes much of its effort in helping to bring about an industrial infrastructure which assists Hong Kong in- dustry in its growth. Its membership represents all industries, many nationalities and all sizes of enterprise. Among the services which it offers to Hong Kong on a community basis are its Standards Centre and its Testing Laboratories for textile, plastic and electrical products. To encourage the development of better industrial design in Hong Kong, the Industrial Design Council of the Federation has instituted two awards for Hong Kong designed products: The Governor's Award for Hong Kong Design and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries Award for Good Design. The Federation has also set up a Packaging Council and Centre to promote creativity and innovation in the fields of product design and packaging. The Packaging Centre is co-sponsoring, with the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, a community-wide packaging contest and arrangements have been made to enable the prizewinners to participate in Regional and World-wide Packaging Competitions.
Established in 1934, the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong has a membership of over 2,000 factories. Member firms represent factories of all sizes and industries. The Association has played an important role in the industrial development of Hong Kong with particular emphasis on the expansion of industrial training facilities and has recently offered Government a substantial sum of money to assist in the establishment of a pre-vocational