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THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1987
+THERE IS SOME URGENCY FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TO ACQUIRE AND EMPLOY ASIC TECHNOLOGY EXTENSIVELY BECAUSE OUR COMPETITORS HAVE BEEN MAKING GREAT EFFORTS TOWARDS ADOPTING ITS USE.+
ASIC IS A NEW GENERATION OF CHIP WHICH IMPROVES PRODUCT PERFORMANCE AND CUTS PRODUCTION COSTS THROUGH INCREASING CIRCUIT INTEGRATION.
IT IS LIKELY THAT ASIC WILL REPLACE THE STANDARD IC CHIPS, A MAJOR OUTPUT OR COMPONENT FOR LOCAL ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
+ IF MANUFACTURERS ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE CHANGE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE INDUSTRY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETAIN ITS EXISTING ASSEMBLY WORK OR TO MOVE UPMARKET BY MANUFACTURING MORE SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHEME, THE EMPLOYER SHOULD BE A USER OF ASIC OR INVESTOR IN ASIC DESIGN EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SOFTWARES AND BE ABLE TO ARRANGE TRAINING FOR THE ENGINEER AT AN APPROPRIATE OVERSEAS FACILITY.
HE SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE ENGINEER UPON HIS RETURN TO HONG KONG IN THE FIELD OF ASIC DESIGN FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
ENGINEERS WITH RELEVANT INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE AND ADEQUATE ACADEMIC KNOWLEDGE ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR TRAINING UNDER THE SCHEME.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE SCHEME SHOULD BE MADE TO THE COUNCIL'S TECHNOLOGISTS TRAINING UNIT ON 5-893241 EXT. 276.
CHAI WAN REFUSE COLLECTION POINT TO BE REDEVELOPED
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AN EXISTING REFUSE COLLECTION POINT AT CHEUNG LEE STREET IN CHAI WAN IS TO BE REDEVELOPED AND UPGRADED.
OCCUPYING A 160 SQUARE-METRE SITE, THE NEW SINGLE-STOREY STRUCTURE WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A CARBON FILTERED EXTRACT SYSTEM TO ELIMINATE UNPLEASANT ODOURS.
TWO CONTRACTS WORTH $855 260 HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR REDEVELOPING THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND INSTALLING THE EXTRACT SYSTEM.
THE WORK WILL START BY THE END OF MAY AND TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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