MONDAY, MAY 30, 1983
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN BACKED BY GOVERNMENT *****
THE GOVERNMENT NURTURED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT BELIEVED IT TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 1983 ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANISATION SEMINAR ON PRODUCT DESIGN, MR YAXLEY SAID THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN TODAY'S WORLD OF SOPHISTICATION AND IMPROVING LIVING CONDITIONS.
MR YAXLEY OUTLINED THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT PROMOTED INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN HONG KONG.
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+FIRST OF ALL, WE PROVIDE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND THE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ARE ABLE TO TURN OUT QUALITY DESIGNERS.
◆SECONDLY, WE SUPPORT, FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE, ORGANISATIONS SPECIALISING IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SUCH AS THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL.
+THIRDLY, THROUGH OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB) WE SUPPORT CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH ARE RELEVENT TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.
+IN FACT, DETAILED CONSIDERATION IS CURRENTLY BEING GIVEN BY THE IDD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRODUCT INNOVATION DESIGN SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
+LASTLY, WE PROMOTE QUALITY ASSURANCE AS A COMPLEMENT TO OUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE STANDARD AND QUALITY OF OUR PRODUCTS,+ MR YAXLEY SAID.
ANY EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY WAS FORCED TO IMPROVE ITS DESIGN STANDARDS, AND BUSINESSMEN HAD TO BE WATCHFUL OF DEVELOPMENTS OVERSEAS AND BUILD UP THE CAPABILITY AND RESOURCES TO MEET ANTICIPATED NEEDS, HE SAID.
+FURTHER, TO MAINTAIN A POSITION AMONG KEEN COMPETITORS, TO OVERCOME QUOTÀ AND OTHER IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, AND TO DIVERSIFY INTO NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW MARKETS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORIGINAL DESIGN IS A MATTER OF GREAT IMPORTANCE ́AND URGENCY FOR ALL OF US IN THIS REGION.
♦IN THIS RESPECT, THE BUSINESS ACUMEN COMBINED WITH THE ENERGY AND INITIATIVE OF PRODUCT DESIGNERS MUST BE GIVEN FREE REIN,+ HE ADDED.
HONG KONG WAS MAKING CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS, IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, TO UPGRADE ITS INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND IN DIVERSIFYING INTO NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW MARKETS, HE SAID.
/+THESE EFFORTS