TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1935
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NEED TO UPGRADE PRODUCTS STRESSED
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HONG KONG MUST UPGRADE ITS PRODUCTS, METHODS AND SKILLS FOR ITS INDUSTRY TO SURVIVE, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG, MR YAXLEY SAID: +1 HAVE NO DOUBT THAT OUR INDUSTRIAL
INVESTORS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS, RENOWNED FOR THEIR FORESIGHT, RESILIENCE. RESOURCEFULNESS AND FLEXIBILITY WILL RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO THIS NEW CHALLENGE BY CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE IR PRODUCT BASE AND BY INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE IR PRODUCTION PROCESSES.+
GIVING ASSURANCE OF GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO PLAY ITS PART IN THIS PROCESS, MR YAXLEY SAID THAT THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN INDUSTRY WOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE.
+NOT ONLY ARE WE CONCERNED WITH ENSURING THAT THERE IS, IN THE CONVENTIONAL SENSE, AN APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN WHICH INDUSTRY CAN PROSPER BUT ALSO THAT CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND TECHNICAL BACK-UP SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.
+AS A RESULT OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD SINCE IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1980, A NUMBER OF NEW PROJECTS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND TECHNICAL BACK-UP FACILITIES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
+THESE INCLUDE A SERIES OF TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES IN THE FIELDS OF ELECTRONICS, METALS PROCESSING, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND AUTOMATION. THEY ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN INCREASED LEVELS (F SUBVENTION TO THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN EXECUTIVE ARM IN TERMS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY.
+ IN ADDITION, WE ARE FUNDING THREE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TWO IN RESPECT OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND THE THIRD IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE.+
MR YAXLEY SAID THAT TO IMPROVE QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT OPENED A STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY LAST OCTOBER AT A CAPITAL COST OF $20 MILLION, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR WILL ESTABLISH A LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SYSTEM WHICH
ILL ENABLE COMMERCIAL TESTING LABORATORIES TO GAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
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