FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1987
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LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME EXPANDED
INVOLVED IN TESTING CONCRETE ASSESSED INDEPENDENTLY
THE COMPETENCE OF LABORATORIES AND REINFORCING STEEL IN HONG KONG CAN NOW BE UNDER THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS).
EXPANDED WITH COMMODITY
AS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY), THE SCHEME HAS BEEN
A INCLUDE
MATERIALS CONSTRUCTION EFFECT FROM JUNE 1 TO GROUP.
THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR OF HOKLAS, MR TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT AT PRESENT THIS GROUP A AT AND REINFORCING STEEL TESTING INCLUDE OTHER MATERIALS.
BUT
ERNIE EVANS, SAID ONLY CATERS FOR CONCRETE
IT LATER STAGE
MAY
ALSO
MR EVANS, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THE CO-ORDINATOR OF ALL ACCREDITATION ACTIVITIES.
IS
OF
THE
CRITERIA
ARE
IN HONG ACCEPTED
ASSESSMENT AND HOKLAS IS A VOLUNTARY SCHEME PROVIDING FOR THE
KONG. LABORATORIES WHICH LABORATORIES
AND ARE FOR ACCREDITATION
ACCREDITATION FULFIL ALL ELIGIBLE TO USE THE HOKLAS ENDORSEMENT ON THEIR TEST REPORTS.
LABORATORIES TESTING PRODUCTS FOR
EXPORT HAVE THE ADVANTAGE BE ACCEPTED BY FURTHER TESTING
THAT HOKLAS ENDORSED CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THEM MAY OVERSEAS AUTHORITIES, THEREBY OBVIATING THE NEED FOR OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS IN THE COUNTRY OF IMPORT.
ELECTRONIC
FIVE COMMODITY
PREVIOUSLY, HOKLAS ONLY COVERED ASSESSMENTS IN
TEXTILES PRODUCTS, GROUPS, NAMELY: ELECTRICAL AND GARMENTS, TOYS, FOOD PRODUCTS AND CALIBRATION SERVICES.
THE
AND
AUSPICES OF WHEN HOKLAS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN MAY 1985 UNDER THE
THE EXECUTIVE, PROVIDE WHOSE STAFF DEPARTMENT INDUSTRY
THE ACCREDITATION OF FUNCTIONS,
OTHER THAN THE FIVE GROUPS
AS VOLUME OF IN VIEW OF THE LARGE
PROFESSIONAL AND SECRETARIAL LABORATORIES SERVING COMMODITY MENTIONED ABOVE WAS ALSO CONSIDERED.
KONG CONCRETE TESTING IN HONG
TESTING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THE INTRODUCED.
SIGNIFICANCE
TO THE MATERIALS
IS
LOCAL BRING
AND ITS
BUILDING OF
THE EXPANSION TO PREPARE FOR
AUTHORITIES TESTING ASSOCIATION OF RETAINED AS CONSULTANTS TO HOKLAS, PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF STEEL TESTING LABORATORIES.
LOCAL INITIALLY,
OF THE (NATA)
THE SCHEME,
OF AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL HAS BEEN
IN ORDER TO ADVISE AND ACTIVELY SOME 20 CONCRETE AND REINFORCING
SPECIALIST
WILL ASSESSORS
WORK ALONGSIDE LABORATORY ASSESSMENT WORK.
LOCAL
ASSESSORS WILL.
WORK
THOSE PROVIDED BY NATA TO CARRY OUT THE
THE PROGRAMME THE AT A LATER STAGE IN INDEPENDENTLY.
/AS PART