SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1977
THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH SUCH OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS ARE CONCENTRATED ARE ELECTONICS, TEXTILES, WATCHES AND CLOCKS AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS.
IT IS NOTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING TREND IN RECENT YEARS FOR OVERSEAS INVESTORS TO ESTABLISH IN HONG KONG MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN THE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED INDUSTRIES.
EXAMPLES OF SUCH OPERATIONS ESTABLISHED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS ARE A MARINE ENGINE PLANT, A POLYSTYRENE PLANT, A HEAT TRANSFER PRINTING PAPER PLANT, A SOPHISTICATED MINIATURE LIGHT BULB FACTORY AND A PLANT PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY HAND TOOLS.
THE BOOKLET EXPLAINS IN SOME DETAIL HOW LAND CAN BE ACQUIRED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, MOST INDUSTRIAL LAND IS SOLD BY AUCTION, BUT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES, WHICH ARE OF A RELATIVELY HIGH TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO SELLS LAND ON SPECIAL TERMS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO DECIDED THAT SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR HEAVIER INDUSTRIES SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED. THE FIRST OF THESE ESTATES IS BEING DEVELOPED AT TAI PO.
RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR MUSIC EXAMINATIONS
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THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC, LONDON, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT ENTRIES FOR THIS YEAR'S PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS HAD REACHED AN ALL-TIME RECORD OF 8,580 CANDIDATES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ASSOCIATED BOARD IN LONDON DESCRIBED THE 17 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 1976 FIGURE AS QUITE STAGGERING'. HE HAS ADVISED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THAT TEN EXAMINERS WILL BE COMING TO HONG KONG IN AUTUMN.
THE PANEL OF EXAMINERS WILL INCLUDE SIR KEITH FALKNER WHO WAS DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON, FROM 1960 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1974 AND DR. KENNETH BARRITT WHO RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE PRINCIPALSHIP OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA.