WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985
+HOWEVER, MANPOWER TRAINING MUST NOT BE NEGLECTED OTHERWISE THE INDUSTRY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF ANY UP-TURN IN BUSINESS, THE REPORT SAID.
DETAILED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE MANPOWER STRUCTURE OF THE INDUSTRY, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH PRINCIPAL JOB, AND A FORECAST OF THE TRAINING NEEDS ARE ALL CONTAINED IN THE REPORT WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY PRAISED FOR CONTRIBUTION
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THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY FOR ITS CONTINUING CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS STORIES.
+HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURERS HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN GREAT FLEXIBILITY AND RESOURCEFULNESS. ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST TO DRAW UPON IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN GROWTH AND TO EXPAND ITS MARKETS, HE SAID.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG ELECTRONICS FAIR 1985, MR TSAO NOTED THAT THE INDUSTRY HAD DEVELOPED ENORMOUSLY SINCE HE OPENED THE SAME FAIR THREE YEARS AGO.
+AT THIS YEAR'S FAIR IT IS NOTICEABLE HOW THE INDUSTRY HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE UP MARKET WITH ITS EXISTING PRODUCTS, AND TO DIVERSIFY INTO NEW AND MORE SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS TOO.
+APART FROM THE TRADITIONAL ELECTRONIC GOODS FOR WHICH HONG KONG IS WELL KNOWN, WE CAN I HOPE ANTICIPATE FURTHER SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN SUCK THINGS AS COMPUTERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY-INTENSE AREAS,+ MR TSAO SAID.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS HAD BEEN VERY TESTING FOR THE LOCAL ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, MR TSAO SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT JUST AS HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SELF-CONFIDENCE HAD FLOURISHED AGAIN SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT, SUCH RENEWED OPTIMISM WOULD BE MORE THAN MATCHED BY AN EVEN GREATER BUOYANCY AND GROWTH IN HONG KONG'S LEADING INDUSTRIES.
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