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Thursday, March 14, 1974
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
A steady improvement in productivity will continue to be a key
factor in maintaining Hong Kong's commercial and industrial success, tho
Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. David Jordan, said today.
He was speaking at the City Hall to open the eighth business
efficiency exhibition organised by the Hong Kong Office Equipment Association.
Mr. Jordan hoped that the exhibition would result in an improved
awareness of the substantial technical and cost advantages that modern
office equipment can offer and of what it can do to modernise operations.
Good office equipment, he pointed out, could contribute to
increased efficiency in both the commercial and industrial sectors, which
in Hong Kong were closely knit together.
"Industrial productivity and business efficiency must go hand in
hand in the essential task of maintaining our competitive position in
world markets," he said. "And it is essential because our social progress
depends upon the continuance of our economic success."
He stressed that an important element in improving office efficiency
was the kind of equipment used.
A more comfortable and less tiring typing desk and chair, a better
typewriter, better copying facilities, a more versatile electric calculator --
all these, though apparently simple additions, could contribute greatly to
increased efficiency.
"At the