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DRAWING FROM EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING NATIONS IN THIS REGION, HE BELIEVED THAT THIS KIND OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT SYSTEM WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO INDUSTRY.
MR LAI SAID ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF INDUSTRY CONCERNED IMPROVEMENT OF DESIGN CAPABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF PERSONNEL.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUMAN FACTOR IN THE INDUSTRIAL EQUATION CALLED FOR CONSIDERABLE COMMITMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
HE SUGGESTED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE WITH FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION FACILITIES SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.
AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, MR LAI PRAISED THE COUNCIL FOR FACILITATING THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO VARIOUS ENTERPRISES.
BUT HE SAID HE REGRETTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT AGREED TO UPGRADE THE TERMS OF SERVICES OF THE COUNCIL'S STAFF TO A LEVEL COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF OTHER SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS.
+WITHOUT ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE
COUNCIL WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED IN STAFF DIFFICULTIES, WHICH WILL IN TURN AFFECT ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID.
MR LAI CALLED ON INDUSTRIALISTS TO BE READY TO FACE PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION OVERSEAS.
+DIVERSIFICATIONS IN MARKET AND PRODUCT SEEM TO BE ACTIVE
MEASURES FOR RIDING OUT THE STORM,+ HE SAID.
LASTLY. HE SAID VENTURE CAPITAL WOULD BE OF VALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE APPLICATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL ENDEAVOUR, AND CALLED ON THE FINANCIAL SECTOR TO GIVE THE CONCEPT A THOROUGH EXAMINATION.
+THE WELL-BEING OF OUR INDUSTRY IS A CONCERN OF EACH SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY AND EVERY MEANS OF EFFECTING ITS PROGRESS AND REFORMATION MUST BE ATTEMPTED, HE ADDED.
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