TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1981
COVERNMENT TO LOOK INTO QUALITY TESTING SERVICES
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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AIMS AT ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM FOR ACCREDITING TESTING LABORATORIES TO GUARANTEE THEIR COMPETENCE TO UNDERTAKE VARIOUS TYPES OF TESTS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR J... BREMRIDGE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
TOWARDS THIS END, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS WOULD SHORTLY COMMISSION A STUDY OF QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES IN HONG KONG, MR BREMRIDGE SAID, WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE INAUGURATION EREMONY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFICATION LABORATORIES, HELD AT THE HILTON HOTEL.
THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S CERTIFICATES ARE ACCEPTED INTERNATIONALLY, HE SAID.
+THE PROVISION OF MODERN QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES IS ESSENTIAL IF HONG KONG IS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF 'TS ECONOMY THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. TO ACHIEVE DIVERSIFICATION, INDUSTRIAL ISTS NEED TO PRODUCE MORE SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS USING HIGHER TECHNOLOGY,
+BUT CUSTOMERS FOR SUCH PRODUCTS WILL BE MORE DEMANDING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF WHAT THEY BUY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE OF CUSTOMERS IN OUR PRINCIPAL EXPORT MARKETS, WHICH GENERALLY LAY CONSIDERABLE STRESS ON STRINGENT CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY, + MR BREMRIDGE SAID.
HE SAID THAT NOT ONLY MUST QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES BE AVAILABLE, BUT THERE MUST ALSO BE ASSURANCE THAT THE PRODUCT TESTING PROCESS ITSELF HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT TO A HIGH STANDARD.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW INVOLVED IN THIS AREA, FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION, WHICH EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR IMPROVED AND MORE CLEARLY INDEPENDENT QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES.
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