SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1983
INDUSTRIAL ISTS LEARN FROM JAPAN MISSION
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LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS WHO TOOK PART IN A RECENT INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT INDUSTRIAL MISSION TO JAPAN WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION FACE TO FACE WITH THEIR JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS.
FIVE INDUSTRIALISTS REPRESENTING THREE COMPANIES JOINED THE MISSION, WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE.
LED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, MR C.L. CHỤ, MISSION MEMBERS VISITED TOKYO, OSAKA AND NAGOYA WHERE THEY HAD THE CHANCE OF STUDYING THE IR POTENTIAL PARTNERS' FACILITIES. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITIES OF SECURING NEW TECHNOLOGY OR ENTERING INTO JOINT VENTURES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG.
A MISSION MEMBER MR F.C. LO, THE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF M.C. PACKAGING (HK) LTD. SAID: +THE MISSION GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE MOST ADVANCED JAPANESE TECHNOLOGY IN THE PLASTIC MOULDING, METAL-WORKING AND PACKAGING FIELDS.
+WE WERE IMPRESSED BY THE INTEREST SHOWN BY THE JAPANESE COMPANIES AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.+
HE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR ARRANGING THE MISSION.
TO HELP MISSION MEMBERS OBTAIN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IN JAPAN, THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION OFFICE IN TOKYO ARRANGED A NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS FOR THEM. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDED HOW TO CONCLUDE CONTRACTS WITH JAPANESE COMPANIES, THE DEVELOPMENT CF PACKAGING, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INDUSTRIES IN JAPAN.
THE MISSION ALSO VISITED HITACHI'S LSI FACTORY IN TOKYO.
SINCE 1980, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS SENT FIVE MISSIONS TO JAPAN. THIS WAS THE FIRST ONE IN WHICH INDUSTRIALISTS PARTICIPATED.
AN INDUSTRIALISTS MISSION TO CALIFORNIA RETURNED RECENTLY WITH ENCOURAGING RESULTS, AND OTHER MISSIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO SWEDEN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN MAY THIS YEAR.