MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1986
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POLICY AIMED AT ACHIEVING HIGHER LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY
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THE CENTRAL AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IS TO STIMULATE INVESTMENT IN ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD ENABLE MANUFACTURERS TO ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR OUTPUT, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE JAPANESE JIJI PRESS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT WITHOUT INVESTMENT IN AUTOMATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEMS, INPRODUCT DESIGN AND PRODUCT INNOVATION, IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES WERE LIKELY TO COME UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM COMPETITORS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.
MR YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT PROVIDE STIMULUS TO INVESTMENT THROUGH GRANTS AND TAX INCENTIVES BUT THROUGH MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMMES, THE PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT SERVICES OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE QUALITY PROMOTION SERVICES OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
HE CITED EXAMPLES OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD HELP UPGRADE THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, SAYING.
+IN THE FIELD OF MANPOWER TRAINING THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING, WITH THE HELP OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC). TO INTRODUCE NEXT YEAR A SCHEME OF TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE PRACTISING ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS TO BE TRAINED IN THE DESIGN OF APPLICATIONS SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ASIC), AN ACTIVE COMPONENT THAT HAS REVOLUTIONISED THE WORLD'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN RECENT YEARS.
+IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVITY SERVICES, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING THEIR BUREAU AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN PRECISION TOOLING FOR MANUFACTURERS, AND DEVELOPING PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE A CONSULTANCY SERVICE ON SURFACE MOUNTING, THE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS ENABLED THE WORLD'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TO ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE DEGREE OF PRODUCT SPECIALISATION AND MINIATURISATION.
+ IN THE FIELD OF QUALITY SERVICES, THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS UNITS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY (SCL) HAVE BEEN ACCREDITED BY BRITAIN'S NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE SCL NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE A FIRST CLASS CALIBRATION SERVICE FOR OUR ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS ON THE BASIS OF STANDARDS TRACEABLE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, BUT ALSO TO ATTRACT TO HONG KONG FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS WHO RELY ON THESE STANDARDS AND SERVICES FOR THEIR PRODUCTION.+
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