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BOARD MEMBERS SEE KMB OPERATIONS
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MEMBERS OF THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND ITS TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY TO SEE ITS OPERATION.
LED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE, DR STEPHEN TANG, MEMBERS WERE FIRST BRIEFED AT THE KWAI CHUNG HEAD OFFICE.
THEY THEN TOURED THE COMPUTER CENTRE, TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL AND MAINTENANCE DEPOT.
THE PARTY ALSO WENT TO THE LAI CHI KOK DEPOT AND VISITED THE RADIO CONTROL SECTION AND PASSENGER ENQUIRY SECTION.
JACOBS VISITS KNITWEAR FACTORY
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY DESIGNATE, MR PIERS JACOBS, TODAY (THURSDAY) TOURED A KNITWEAR FACTORY IN KWAI CHUNG TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE INDUSTRY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER JOHNSON, MR JACOBS VISITED THE HONG KONG MILO'S KNITWEAR FACTORY LIMITED WHERE HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR FRANK LIN.
THE FACTORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 AND IS EQUIPPED WITH HIGHLY-MECHANISED MACHINERY INCLUDING 50 COMPUTER-CONTROLLED FLAT KNITTING MACHINES. IT ALSO USED MICRO-COMPUTERS IN DESIGNI PATTERNS.
MILO'S KNITWEAR MAINLY PRODUCES WOOLLEN AND ARCYLIC KNITWEAR FOR EXPORT TO EEC COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY FRANCE, WEST GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
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