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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1985
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PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL'S ACTIVE ROLE STRESSED
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THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL WAS A DOCUMENT OF CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNCIL, THE HON ALLEN LEE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR LEE SAID THAT THE BILL STEMMED FROM A REVIEW UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNCIL IN THE LIGHT OF THE BROADER RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES ASSUMED BY THE COUNCIL AS RECOMMENDED IN THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION.
IT PROVIDED FOR THE CONSIDERABLE ENLARGEMENT OF THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND REMOVED REFERENCES TO THE PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE, THUS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL OPERATED AS A SINGLE ENTITY.
+AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, I SHOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE RELEVANT BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, PARTICULARLY THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THEIR FARSIGHTEDNESS IN PROVIDING THE COUNCIL WITH THE NECESSARY LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO MEET THE CHANGING INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF HONG KONG,+ MR LEE SAID.
IN MEETING ITS CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY IN INDUSTRY, THE COUNCIL HAD EVOLVED FROM ESSENTIALLY A TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY ORGANISATION TO ONE WHICH WAS DEDICATED TO THE ACTIVE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT KNOW-HOW.
IN ADDITION TO HELPING INDIVIDUAL FACTORIES SOLVE A MULTITUDE OF TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS, THE COUNCIL TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO EXAMINE THE TECHNOLOGICAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL SECTORS OF INDUSTRY TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR, PLAN, COORDINATE, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, ESTABLISH SUPPORT FACILITIES.
IT ALSO UNDERTOOK DEVELOPMENT WORK WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF GENERATING MULTIPLIER EFFECTS WITHIN OUR INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.
+THE COUNCIL,+ MR LEE SAID, +MUST MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY IN THE PROGRAMMING OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND BE SENSITIVE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF INDUSTRIES.
IN A DYNAMIC ECONOMY LIKE HONG KONG, THE INDUSTRIAL SCENE IS CHANGING RAPIDLY.
+THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL EXERT A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON THE PATTERN OF MANUFACTURING, AND THIS WILL IN TURN IMPOSE NEW DEMANDS ON THE COUNCIL'S SERVICES.+
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