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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1981
PROVIDING HIS AUDIENCE WITH MORE THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS, MR DORWARD TURNED TO THE ORIGIN OF DESIGNS. + IF THE INDUSTRIALIST IS CONVINCED OF THE NEED FOR NEW AND BETTER PRODUCT DESIGN AND PACKAGING, HOW DO YOU PERSUADE HIM TO USE HOME GROWN TALENT RATHER THAN BUYING IT FROM LONDON OR NEW YORK OR ZURICH?+ HE QUERIED.
ORGANISED BY THE ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANISATION (APO), THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE, THE TWO-WEEK SEMINAR IS BEING HELD AT THE NEW WORLD HOTEL.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ASSIST MEMBER COUNTRIES OF APO IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROFESSION BY ALLOWING PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROMOTION, EDUCATION, PROTECTION AND CO-OPERATION.
TWENTY-TWO PARTICIPANTS FROM 11 APO MEMBER COUNTRIES ARE ATTENDING THE SEMINAR. JAPANESE DESIGN EXPERT, PROFESSOR M. YOSHIOKA, HEAD OF THE PRODUCT DESIGN SECTION OF TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY, LEADS THE DISCUSSIONS.
EMPLOYERS URGED TO OPERATE CANTEENS FOR WORKERS
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TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM LOCAL FACTORY OWNERS TO MODIFY THEIR LEASES TO ENABLE WORKERS' CANTEENS TO BE OPERATED.
MANY FACTOR IES IN TSUEN WAN ALREADY RUN CANTEENS FOR THE IR EMPLOYEES, ALTHOUGH THEIR LEASES DO NOT CONTAIN SUCH PROVISION.
STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAVE VISITED 100 FACTOR IES SINCE FEBRUARY LOOKING AT THE IR CANTEEN OPERATIONS AS PART OF ROUTINE LEASE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
IN 12 CASES WHERE FAILURE EITHER TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR OPERATING FACTORY CANTEENS OR TO APPLY FOR LEASE MODIFICATION HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, ACTION TO ENFORCE LEASE CONDITIONS HAS BEEN TAKEN. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN FIVE OUTRIGHT REJECTIONS.
TO DATE, 11 APPLICATIONS TO MODIFY LEASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND 31 ARE BEING PROCESSED.
THE CHIEF ESTATE SURVEYOR OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR C.M. MO, SAID FACTORY CANTEENS WERE A MUCH-NEEDED SERVICE FOR WORKERS.
+ IT IS IN THE INTERESTS OF FACTORY OPERATORS IN ANY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE HYGIENIC EATING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR WORKFORCE, HE SAID.
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