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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1987
IN HONG KONG, THE DEPARTMENT HAS A "ONE-STOP" UNIT WHICH CAN HELP OVERSEAS INVESTORS SETTING UP MANUFACTURING CONCERNS CUT UNNECESSARY RED TAPE. IT IS STAFFED BY SPECIALIST OFFICERS WITH INDUSTRIAL BACKGROUNDS. THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY MEANS THEY CAN HELP WITH FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND PROVIDE "AFTERSALES" SERVICE.
AS AT MARCH OF LAST YEAR, DIRECT OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES KNOWN TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT REACHED $15,527 MILLION.
OCCUPYING 36.4 PER CENT, USA WAS IN THE LEAD, FOLLOWED BY JAPAN AT 21.1 PER CENT.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS REPORTED WAS 509. TYPE OF INDUSTRIES MOST FAVOURED BY OVERSEAS INVESTORS INCLUDE THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS, ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, AND PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.
ELECTRONICS,
NEW COMMUNICATION NETWORK TO FIGHT CRIME
THE POLICE FORCE
WILL SOON ΤΟ FURTHER
COMMUNICATION NETWORK EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS CRIME FIGHTERS.
A INSTALL BOOST
FULLY INTEGRATED
THE EFFICIENCY AND
HAS RECENTLY CRIME WING OF IS WHICH SYSTEM,
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPROVED A COMMITMENT OF $13.7 MILLION TO PROVIDE THE THE POLICE FORCE
THE RADIO COMMUNICATION EXPECTED TO COME INTO OPERATION IN 1988.
WITH
IS ''AS THE NATURE OF CRIME
BECOMING A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID:
A FULLY EQUIPPED RADIO MORE SERIOUS, COMPLEX AND BETTER ORGANIZED,
THE INVESTIGATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CRIME WING PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN
FACILITY FOR OF SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIME IS AN URGENT AND IMPORTANT IMPROVING EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.''
THE OPERATIONAL GROUPS OF THE CRIME WING HEADQUARTERS THE NARCOTICS BUREAU, THE ORGANIZED AND SERIOUS CRIME BUREAU COMMERCIAL CRIME BUREAU.
COMPRISE AND THE
THE INTERNAL
AT PRESENT, THE GROUPS SHARES THE RADIO SETS AND SECURITY FORCE NETWORK USED BY THE UNIFORM BRANCH OF THE POLICE FORCE.
THE RADIO