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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985
+OF THE 50 OR SO NEW MANUFACTURING PROJECTS WHICH HAVE SET UP IN HONG KONG FROM OVERSEAS SINCE 1983 THE MOST NUMEROUS HAVE BEEN IN ELECTRONICS AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE IN THE PIPELINE,+ HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, MR YAXLEY POINTED OUT, THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HAD GROWN AND DIVERSIFIED IN BOTH PRODUCT RANGE AND MARKET.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS LAST YEAR AMOUNTED
ITS SHARE TO $12 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 73 PER CENT OVER 1983. IN THE TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS WAS 39 PER CENT COMPARED TO 29 PER CENT IN 1983, HE SAID.
+ THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS LARGE- SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS, MULTI-LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, COMPUTER SUB-ASSEMBLIES, MEMORY SYSTEMS, SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLIES, READ/WRITE MAGNETIC HEADS AND HIGH QUALITY SWITCHES, REFLECTS AN UPLIFTING OF THE INDUSTRY'S TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL AND SKILLS TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE.
+THIS, IN TURN, ENABLES THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES OF THE INDUSTRY TO PRODUCE HIGHER QUALITY AND SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS, HE ADDED.
SCHEME TO ACCREDIT LABS STARTS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW STARTING A HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS) TO ASSESS AND MONITOR THE COMPETENCE OF LABORATORIES IN UNDERTAKING VARIOUS TYPES OF TESTS AND TO ENHANCE THE INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF TEST CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THESE LABORATORIES.
THE HOKLAS SCHEME WILL BE ADMINISTERED AND RUN BY STAFF OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. MR ERNIE EVANS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, WILL SERVE AS EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SCHEME TO PROVIDE THE FOCAL POINT IN THE CO-ORDINATION OF ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES.
THE SCHEME WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE FOR THE EXPORT SECTOR OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. IT WILL BE TARGETED AT FIVE MAIN COMMODITY GROUPS - ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS, TEXTILES AND GARMENTS, TOYS, FOOD PRODUCTS AND CALIBRATION SERVICES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID: +LABORATORIES INVOLVED IN THE TESTING OF THESE COMMODITIES CAN NOW APPLY FOR ACCREDITATION UNDER THE SCHEME.+
+ENQUIRIES CAN