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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
FS: ABILITY TO CHANGE A KEY FACTOR IN SUCCESS
HONG KONG IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO ADAPT EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO ANY CHANGING CONDITION IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE 'FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FOR
PROSPECTS CHANGING
CONFERENCE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE
"THE ON
KONG'S HONG
CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES
THE IN
OF ENVIRONMENT", MR JACOBS SAID THE FIRMS THAT HAD WITHSTOOD THE TEST
ACCEPTED CHANGE AS THE TIME WERE THOSE WHICH HAD
BRINGER OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN AS A THREAT TO THE EXISTING ORDER.
I
"THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF SUCCESS IN HONG KONG AND
THE AM GRATIFIED TO SEE
CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY COLLECTIVELY
HE SAID. TAKING STOCK AND FORECASTING FUTURE TRENDS FOR GROWTH,
NOTED THAT FURTHER
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMICAL NOT ONLY BY THE REST OF BY
INNOVATION OF NEW
MR JACOBS PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG WOULD BE AFFECTED CHANGING SITUATION OF HONG KONG IN RELATION TO CHINA AND THE THE WORLD BUT ALSO BY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS,
BY TECHNIQUES, IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
AND BY THE INTRODUCTION IN SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMMES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES.
HE ASSURED THE CONFERENCE THAT ALL VIEWS AND OPINION EXPRESSED WOULD BE WELCOME.
"UNDOUBTEDLY THEY WILL HELP US IN MAKING DECISIONS IN RELATION TO A HOST OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
"
ON
BY
MR JACOBS ALSO CONGRATULATED THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IN ORGANISING WHAT PROMISED ITS INITIATIVE
ΤΟ BE A STIMULATING HAD BEEN PROVIDED CONFERENCE AND ALSO WELCOMED THE SUPPORT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPONSORS.
INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ASSISTS CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY
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THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS ASSISTED THE SETTING-UP NUMBER OF CHEMICAL PLANTS IN THE PAST AND IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING THAN 20 PROJECTS IN THE CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY.
OF A MORE
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR IAN HOWARD, SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A CONFERENCE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY
ON DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY
THE PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG'S CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.
/HE ADDED