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SUCH RESEARCH STUDIES WILL EXAMINE THE LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAJOR SECTORS, THEIR STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD-WIDE TREND AND WILL IN ADDITION IDENTIFY, ON A MACRO-LEVEL, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND MARKET POTENTIALS OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
+THEY WILL ASSIST INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURERS IN FORMULATING THE IR PLANS FOR EXPANSION, DIVERSIFICATION OR UPGRADING, HE SAID.
AS A BACK-UP SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY WAS SET UP IN SEPTEMBER 1984.
ATTRACTION OF HIGHER TECHNOLOGY TO HONG KONG WAS PARAMOUNT IN THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG INDUSTRY.
THE DEPARTMENT HAD ASSISTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT IN HONG KONG OF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FACTORIES EMPLOYING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WHICH REPRESENTED THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART AND WERE AMONG THE MOST EFFICIENT IN THIS REGION.
OTHER SUPPORT FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY WAS THROUGH:
* TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PROVIDE A POOL OF
ADAPTABLE MANPOWER:
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ESTABLISHMENT IN 1977 OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION PRIMARILY TO MAKE AVAILABLE FULLY SERVICED LAND TO INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS WHICH HELP TO DIVERSIFY AND BROADEN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL BASE AND TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL OF INDUSTRY.
THESE ESTATES NOW HOUSE SOME OF THE MOST MODERN PLANTS IN
HONG KONG AND IN THIS REGION.
IN ADDITION, INDUSTRIES HAVING SPECIAL LAND REQUIREMENTS COULD APPROACH THE GOVERNMENT FOR A PRIVATE TREATY GRANT OF LAND UNDER THE SPECIAL INDUSTRIES POLICY.
AND, FINALLY, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE ASSISTS INDUSTRY TO UPGRADE ITSELF, AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY SUPPORT SERVICES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY THAN THAT EXISTS AT PRESENT.
+WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN THE VARIOUS AREAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE APPLICATION OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY IN OUR INDUSTRIES,+ MR HO SAID.
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