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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981
TICD DIRECTOR OPENS PLASTIC FURNITURE EXHIBITION
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THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PIONEERS OF HONG KONG'S PLASTICS INDUSTRY FOR THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS MADE IN PRODUCTION METHODS, DESIGN AND STYLING.
OPENING A +PLASTICS FOR MODERN LIVING+ EXHIBITION AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL, MR DORWARD CONGRATULATED THE MANUFACTURERS FOR BRINGING DURABLE, WELL-DESIGNED FURNITURE WITHIN THE REACH OF MANY.
RECALLING HIS FIRST CONTACT WITH THE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG IN THE MID-FIFTIES, MR DORWARD SAID: THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY OF THOSE DAYS HAD A WELL-EARNED REPUTATION FOR THE CHEAP AND THE SHODDY, THE 'EMPIRE MADE PLASTIC TOYS WHICH WERE SOLD IN DEPARTMENT STORES TO CHILDREN SPENDING THEIR SATURDAY POCKET MONEY AND WHICH WERE USUALLY BROKEN BY THE TIME THE WEEKEND WAS OVER.
+BUT OUT OF THAT PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY OF 25 YEARS AGO HAS GROWN ONE WHICH IS AN ACKNOWLEDGED WORLD LEADER. LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF EXPORTS OF ITS PRODUCTS WAS AROUND $5 000 MILLION. THE TOYS SECTOR IS OF COURSE THE BIGGEST AND BEST KNOWN, FOR HONG KONG IS TODAY THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPORTER OF TOYS.+
MR DORWARD REMARKED THAT THE EQUIPMENT WHICH PRODUCED THE FURNITURE IN THE SHOW - AT 700 OUNCES CAPACITY, THE BIGGEST
INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES IN HONG KONG - WAS A FAR CRY FROM THE MANUALLY OPERATED JACK-IN-THE-BOX MACHINES OF THE FIFTIES. +AND THE PRODUCTS THEMSELVES IN THIS EXHIBITION, WHICH IS APTLY KNOWN AS PLASTICS FOR MODERN LIVING, REFLECT PROGRESS NOT MERELY
IN PRODUCTION METHODS BUT IN DESIGN AND STYLING, HE SAID,
THE FOUR-DAY EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY QUALIDUX INDUSTRI AL CO. LTD. WHICH HAS RECENTLY WON THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AWARD FOR GOOD DESIGN IN THE FURNITURE CATEGORY+.
JAPANESE INVESTMENT MISSION LIKES HK
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SENIOR EXECUTIVES FROM FIVE JAPANESE COMPANIES HAVE COMPLETED (ON WEDNESDAY) A SUCCESSFUL THREE-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THE VISIT WAS SPONSORED BY THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS WORKING COMMITTEES OF THE JAPAN/HONG KONG BUSINESS COOPERATION COMMITTEE IN TOKYO, AND BY THE HONG KONG/JAPAN BUSINESS COOPERATION COMMITTEE IN HONG KONG.
DELEGATE FIRMS, WHICH WERE RECRUITED BY NOMURA SECURITIES CO. LTD., TOKYO,
TOKYO, ARÉ ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOODSTUFFS, INDUSTRIAL GASES, STATIONERY AND COMPUTERS.
ALL MEMBERS OF THE MISSION WERE ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED BY THE DYNAMIC PACE OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH WHICH THEY SAW EVERYWHERE IN HONG KONG. THEY STATED THAT HONG KONG WAS OF
INTEREST TO THEM BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUING GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.
/A MANUFACTURER