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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1983
IN HIS VIEW, SOPHISTICATED PERSONAL COMPUTERS, VIDEO GAMES INTEGRATED WITH THESE COMPUTERS, GAME WATCHES AND BUSINESS COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS WERE LIKELY TO ENJOY THE BEST GROWTH IN THE YEARS TO COME.
TO HELP ACHIEVE THE SPEED OF GROWTH DESIRABLE, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION DIVISION AND ITS OVERSEAS OFFICES HAD THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AS ITS PRIME TARGET FOR INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT, HE SAID.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS A HIGH PRIORITY, AND OVERSEAS COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY IMPLANTED SOME RELATIVELY HIGH TECHNOLOGY INTO HONG KONG.
+A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER STUDY IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE THIS YEAR, WHEN CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AGENCY IN HONG KONG.
+THIS STUDY WILL COMPLEMENT THE STUDY ON THE METALS AND LIGHT ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES ALREADY COMPLETED AND ON THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TO BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
+MUCH OF WHAT IS BEING DONE NOW WAS GIVEN IMPETUS BY THE GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION, WHICH HAD COME UP WITH 47 RECOMMENDATIONS, ALL OF WHICH WERE ACCEPTED BY GOVERNMENT AND WHICH ARE NOW AT VARIOUS STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION.
+WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED WE SHOULD HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TOWARDS THE DIVERSIFICATION OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND UPGRADING OF HONG KONG MADE PRODUCTS,+ MR BOYLE SAID.
KEEN COMPETITION EXPECTED IN U.C. ELECTIONS
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THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN INTERESTING CONTEST IN THE MARCH 8 URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THREE OF THE 15 CONSTITUENCIES ARE ALREADY SETTLED.
THE THREE-WAN CHAI. KWUN TONG WEST AND WONG TAI SIN SOUTH STILL HAD ONLY ONE CANDIDATE EACH WHEN NOMINATIONS CLOSED AT 5.30 PM TODAY (FRIDAY). THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES, MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT AND MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG SAI-KIT, ALL SERVING URBAN COUNCILLORS, WILL THEREFORE BE AUTOMATICALLY DECLARED ELECTED.
THIS LEAVES A FIELD OF 39 CANDIDATES IN THE RACE FOR THE REMAINING 12 CONSTITUENCIES AT STAKE AND SHOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING CONTEST, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY.
/+MUCH DEPENDS