WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987
PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL SERVICES TO BE EXPANDED
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THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
TODAY (IDB)
(WEDNESDAY} PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (HKPC) TO ENDORSED PROPOSALS BY THE HONG KONG
GREATER STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES TO HELP INDUSTRIES ACHIEVE PRODUCTIVITY AND BETTER QUALITY.
BOARD, MR
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, PIERS JACOBS, POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASING COMPETITION BOTH FROM THOSE COUNTRIES INVESTING IN PRODUCTIVITY AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS, WITH SIGNIFICANT LOWER LABOUR COSTS.
FACED GREATER
AS WELL AS COUNTRIES
REMAIN COMPETITIVE, THEY
ΤΟ ARE "IF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES MUST RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION BY STRIVING FOR IMPROVED QUALITY AND PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION.
WITH IN LINE
THE
GREATER PRODUCTIVITY,
WHICH APPROACH, TRADITIONAL FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES, THE
GOVERNMENT'S
то
SEEKS TO AVOID FAVOURABLE TREATMENT HKPC HAS
SOUGHT INITIALLY MANUFACTURING-WIDE ISSUES.
PROVIDE
SERVICES ADDRESSING
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"FOR TWO REASONS, THIS
APPROACH NEEDS TO BE
MODIFIED,
MR
JACOBS SAID.
"FIRST, MANUFACTURING-WIDE POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR
ISSUES,
EXAMPLE,
AUTOMATION
A
AND
OF
SUCH AS OFTEN INVOLVE
VARIETY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ARISING FROM
NOT ALWAYS WITHIN THE EXISTING CONSTRAINTS ON MANPOWER, THE HKPC HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MANUFACTURING-WIDE SERVICES.
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'SECONDLY, DESPITE
SHOULD BE DEVOTED
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT PUBLIC FUNDS TACKLING MANUFACTURING-WIDE PROBLEMS, MAINLY TO
HAS BEEN ASKED ΤΟ MANY OF THE PRODUCTIVITY-RELATED ISSUES THE HKPC ADDRESS ARE INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC IN NATURE.
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CONSEQUENCE,
THE
НКРС SERVICES AND A
HAS HAD NUMBER OF
DEVELOP
то AD HOC SPECIALISED
BOTH
IN MANUFACTURING-WIDE
SERVICES.
YEARS HAVE THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES COMMISSIONED IN RECENT
KONG'S UNDERLINED THE FACT THAT THE CONSTRAINTS ON THE GROWTH OF HONG
PROBLEMS AS WELL MAJOR INDUSTRIES OFTEN STEM FROM INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC AS FROM MANUFACTURING-WIDE ISSUES.
UNDERGO ONE INDUSTRY
AS MANY END PRODUCTS INCORPORATE SEVERAL MATERIALS AND SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, THE LACK OF CAPABILITY IN CAN IMPEDE THE GROWTH OF ANOTHER.
INDUSTRIES,
BETWEEN "GIVEN THE HIGH DEGREE OF INTERDEPENDENCE IMPROVEMENTS IN ONE INDUSTRY CAN HAVE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON OTHERS.
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