SUNDAY, CCTC 30, 1983
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MORE INDUSTRIAL MISSIONS GOING OVERSEAS
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HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT IS ORGANISING ANOTHER SERIES OF OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSIONS.
THE MISSIONS WILL VISIT JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM EARLY NEXT YEAR, FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL SERIES OF INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION TRIPS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WILL LEAD THE MISSIONS, WHICH CONSIST OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS.
MISSION MEMBERS PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES.
THE MISSIONS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS TO MEET POTENTIAL OVERSEAS PARTNERS AND DISCUSS POSSIBLE MANUFACTURING PROJECTS. THE AIM IS TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSMEN FIND NEW PRODUCTS AND TO DIVERSIFY AND IMPROVE THE IR TECHNOLOGY THROUGH COOPERATION WITH OVERSEAS COMPANIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID THAT MEMBERS OF PREVIOUS MISSIONS HAD ALL FOUND THE EXPERIENCE EXTREMELY USEFUL.
+THE MISSION MEMBERS EMPHASISED THE VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE, AND THEIR EXPOSURE TO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.
+OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT HELP THE MISSION MEMBERS WITH TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AND MAKE APPOINTMENTS FOR THEM IN THE CITIES THEY VISIT. WE HAVE FOUND THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE FROM THE MAN-ON- THE-SPOT HELPS TO OPEN DOORS WHICH OTHERWISE MIGHT HAVE REMAINED CLOSED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE MISSION CAN BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S ONE-STOP UNIT AT 3-7222434.
PES CENTRES PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ADVICE
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ABOUT 17 000 ENQUIRIES AND CASES IN CONNECTION WITH FREE LEGAL ADVICE WERE HANDLED BY THE 59 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICES (PES) CENTRES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION LAST FINANCIAL YEAR.
A CNTA SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT OF THESE, 3 070 WERE REFERRED TO THE DUTY LAWYERS UNDER THE FREE LEGAL ADVICE SCHEME PROVIDED JOINTLY BY THE LAW SOCIETY AND CNTA.
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