MONDAY, JULY 29, 1985
ANOTHER FOOD COMPANY, AMOY INDUSTRIES (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE LOCAL AMOY CANNING CORPORATION (HK) LIMITED AND THE U.S.-BASED PILLSBURY COMPANY, HAS BEEN GRANTED A SITE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOY AND BEAN SAUCES, OFFSET PRINTED BOXES AND CARTONS.
SWIRE CASSETTES LIMITED, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SWIRE PACIFIC LIMITED, HAS TAKEN OVER FROM KIU FOONG ENAMELLERS LIMITED A SITE TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING 4-STOREY FACTORY BUILDING FOR EXPANSION OF INJECTION MOULDING AND ASSEMBLY OF VHS VIDEO CASSETTES.
CHEN HSONG MACHINERY CO., LTD., ONE OF THE EARLIEST GRANTEES ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HAS OBTAINED A SECOND SITE OF ABOUT DOUBLE THE AREA OF ITS FIRST SITE. THE NEW SITE IS REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, UTILISING AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY.
JOHNSON ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTORY LIMITED HAS BEEN GRANTED ANOTHER SITE, ADJACENT TO ITS PRESENT PREMISES, TO EXPAND ITS MANUFACTURE OF MICRO-MOTORS.
ANOTHER FAST-EXPANDING COMPANY, DAIDO CONCRETE (HK) LIMITED, A JAPANESE-HONG KONG JOINT VENTURE, HAS BECOME THE SECOND COMPANY TO TAKE UP A THIRD SITE ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE NEW SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT PRODUCTION OF PRE-CAST, PRE-STRESSED, STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE PILES WITH WELDABLE JOINTS.
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INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SEMINAR TO BE HELD HERE
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HONG KONG WILL BE HOSTING THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SEMINAR IN DECEMBER. WHEN A NUMBER OF WORLD-RENOWNED SCHOLARS WILL ARRIVE TO OFFER THEIR EXPERTISE ON THE THEME +LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION: FUTURE DIRECTIONS+.
THE FUNCTION, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, WILL BE HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER 16 AND 18.
AN INSTITUTE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR WERE TWOFOLD: +FIRST, WE AIM TO EXPLORE THE LIKELY FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE; AND SECOND WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON HOW CURRENT ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION MIGHT BE IMPROVED.+
/OVERSEAS SCHOLARS