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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1982
HONG KONG
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SHENZHEN AGREEMENTS
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A TEAM OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LED BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER WILL VISIT SHENZHEN ON FRIDAY (APRIL 30) TO SIGN A DOCUMENT RECORDING THE AGREEMENTS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS REACHED DURING THE VISIT TO HONG KONG OF A SHENZHEN DELEGATION LED BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SHENZHEN MUNICIPALITY LAST MONTH. PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISIT AND DOCUMENT-SIGNING CEREMONY ARE BEING MADE BY THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTED ***
THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC ON PRODUCT INNOVATION AND DESIGN, THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER TSAO SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 1982 NEW PRODUCT COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, MR TSAO SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHEN THE NEED FOR INDUSTRY-WIDE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES COULD BE ESTABLISHED.
HE AGREED THAT GREATER EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO DIVERSIFY THE RANGE OF MANUFACTURE TO CREATE NEW DEMAND FOR HONG KONG PRODUCTS. THIS WOULD HELP TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE IN THE BEST POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UPSWING WHEN THE WORLD ECONOMY REGAINED ITS STRENGTH.
+THE LOCAL POPULATION IS RECEPTIVE TO NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS. THEY ARE BY NATURE CREATIVE AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF TALENT IN HONG KONG. IN TEXTILES, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
+GIVEN ALSO THE LIBERAL ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, HONG KONG'S ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND WE HOPE THAT MORE OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION WILL ENTER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, HE CONCLUDED.
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