THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1984
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+WE WELCOME ANY FIRM WHICH IS ABLE TO OPERATE IN LOCAL CONDITIONS, BUT NATURALLY WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN HI-TECH ENTERPRISES WHOSE PRESENCE HERE HELPS TO BOOST THE OVERALL LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION OF OUR INDUSTRY, HE SAID.
HIS DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION CONSULTANTS HAD ASSISTED MANY OF THE OVER 530 INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES NOW OPERATING IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE FULLY OVERSEAS-OWNED OR JOINT VENTURES AND WHICH TOGETHER EMPLOYED ABOUT 11 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE.
MR YAXLEY SAID OFFICERS FROM HIS DEPARTMENT MADE REGULAR CALLS ON FACTORY OPERATORS TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND TO GIVE FACTORY MANAGERS THE CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING THEY THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING FOR THEM.
+SEVERAL HUNDRED FACTORIES ARE VISITED IN THIS WAY EVERY YEAR, AND WHEN THIS IS AGGREGATED WITH OUR CLOSE CONTACT WITH MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND THE REPRESENTATION ON OUR VARIOUS COMMITTEES BY INDUSTRIAL ISTS, IT ADDS UP TO VERY WIDESPREAD CONSULTATION, HE SAID.
SIR PHILIP LOOKS OVER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE TAI PO ESTATE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION.
THE CORPORATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1977 TO DEVELOP AND MANAGE ESTATES TO ACCOMMODATE INDUSTRIES WHICH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE IR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, ARE UNABLE TO FIND SUITABLE LAND OR FACTORY PREMISES ELSEWHERE.
SIR PHILIP WAS BRIEFED AT TAI PO BY THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE CORPORATION, MR LI FOOK-WO, AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE,
MR V.W. MILLER. HE THEN TOURED THE ESTATE AND VISITED THE FACTORY OF RCL SEMICONDUCTORS LTD WHERE HE SAW THE MANUFACTURE OF INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC MICRO CIRCUITS ON SILICON WAFER CHIPS.
A TOTAL OF 40 FIRMS HAVE BEEN GRANTED FACILITIES AT TAI PO, AND 30 OF THESE, EMPLOYING ABOUT 5 000 WORKERS, HAVE STARTED MANUFACTURING.
STAGES ONE AND TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE THIRD WILL BE FINISHED IN 1987.