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MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1985
+WE ARE INCREASINGLY SELLING BRAIN WORK AND CRAFTMANSHIP IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTION CAPACITY.
+THE EMERGENCE OF YOUNG, TALENTED AND INNOVATIVE FASHION DESIGNERS AND THE CONSISTENTLY HIGH LEVEL OF WORKMANSHIP HAVE HELPED TO ESTABLISH HONG KONG'S REPUTATION INTERNATIONALLY AS A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF QUALITY FASHION AT COMPETITIVE PRICES,
+ IN THE FACE OF INCREASINGLY STRINGENT QUOTA RESTRICTIONS AND KEEN COMPETITIONS IN THE WORLD MARKET, OUR MANUFACTURERS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MOVING UP-MARKET BY MAKING HIGHER VALUE AND MORE FASHIONABLE PRODUCTS.
+OUR MANUFACTURERS WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN INCREASE OF 22 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, HE ADDED, REFERRING TO THE EXPORT OF WOOL APPAREL IN 1984.
APART FROM BEING THE LAGEST EXPORTER OF CLOTHING IN THE WORLD HE SAID HONG KONG WAS ALSO THE WORLD'S NO. 2 WOOL KNITWEAR APPAREL EXPORTER JUST BEHIND ITALY, WITH THE WOOLLEN CLOTHING SECTOR HAVING AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 18 PER CENT IN VALUE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
+THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IS HONG KONG'S NO. 1 EMPLOYER AND ALSO OUR TOP FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNER AMONG ALL LOCALLY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS AND IN 1984 THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AMOUNTED TO $47 BILLION OR 34 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THAT YEAR.+
MR YAXLEY ALSO PRAISED THE INTERNATIONAL WOOL SECRETARIAT IWS) FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE FREE TRADE OF WOOL PRODUCTS AMIDST CALLS FOR PROTECTIONISM EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
+ THE SETTING UP OF THE IWS OFFICE IN HONG KONG FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES IS AN ESSENTIAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG AS A REGIONAL WOOL BUSINESS CENTRE, HE SAID.
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MANY INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF MORE ATTENTION HAD BEEN PAID TO SAFETY AT WORK, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A PLASTICS INDUSTRY SAFETY SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE MR CHEN SAID A TOTAL OF 725 ACCIDENTS WERE RECORDED IN THE TRADÉ DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, AGAINST 2 196 CASES FOR THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR.
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