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TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1986
+WHERE, AS A RESULT OF THESE EVALUATIONS, SHORTCOMINGS ARE IDENTIFIED, AND THESE SHORTCOMINGS CONSTITUTE SERIOUS OBSTACLES TO AN INDUSTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNMENT ON THE ADVICE OF THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL DEAL WITH THEM, THROUGH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WHERE SERVICES FOR PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY ARE INVOLVED, AND THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL NETWORK OF DEPARTMENTS WHERE MANPOWER TRAINING IS INVOLVED.+
+ IT IS MY BELIEF THEREFORE, THAT THE MEASURED AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING IN DEALING WITH OUR INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS WILL, IN TIME, INVEST HONG KONG'S LIGHT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEEDS TO EXPAND THE RANGE AND TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF THEIR OUTPUT.
+THIS, TAKEN TOGETHER WITH OUR EXCELLENT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, WILL IN MY” VIEW ENSURE THE CONTINUING SUCCESS OF OUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES,+ HE SAID.
ON GOVERNMENT'S NON-INTERVENTIONIST STANCE IN THE ECONOMY, MR YEUNG SAID THIS MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH DOING NOTHING FOR MANUFACTURERS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT INVESTED HEAVILY BOTH IN MANPOWER TRAINING, THROUGH ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, AND IN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THROUGH INDUSTRIAL LAND FORMATION AND PUBLIC
WORKS.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT WAS THE REALISATION THAT HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURERS MUST RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO CHANGES IN THE LEVEL AND PATTERN OF EXTERNAL DEMAND FOR THEIR PRODUCTS.
ISLAND HOUSE LET TO WWF ******
GOVERNMENT APPROVAL HAS BEEN GRANTED TO LET ISLAND HOUSE. WHICH IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AS A QUARTER, TO THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (HONG KONG) AT A NOMINAL RENT TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION, RESOURCE AND SEMINAR CENTRE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIRMAN OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (HONG KONG) (WWF), THE BUILDING WOULD ALSO BE USED AS A BASE FOR A WIF EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF A MOBILE EDUCATION UNIT.
/+THE UNIT