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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1988
SUPPORT FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES INCREASED IN 1987
THE YEAR 1987 SAW A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT NEW INITIATIVES FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, ACCORDING TO A REVIEW PRESENTED TO THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB) TODAY (TUESDAY).
ON THE ADVICE OF THE BOARD, A SERIES OF PROPOSALS FOR STRENGTHENING THE LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES HAVE BERN CONSIDERED AND ENDORSED FOR ACTION.
INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT
DURING THE YEAR, INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT WAS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR INDUSTRIES WITH SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS SPECIAL HEIGHT AND FLOOR LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
SALES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND AT THE ΤΑΙ PO AND YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES WILL AMOUNT TO 18 HECTARES IN 1987-88, COMPARED WITH 11 HECTARES IN BOTH 1985-86 AND 1986-87. A TOTAL OF 55 HECTARES OF LAND REMAÍNS TO BE SOLD ON THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.
AS THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION (HKIEC) FORECASTS SALES OF MORE THAN 10 HECTARES A YEAR IN THE MEDIUM TERM, THE IDB ENDORSED IN PRINCIPLE PROPOSALS FOR PLANNING A THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WITH PROJECTED OCCUPATION BY THE END OF 1992.
HONG KONG'S TEXTILES FINISHING INDUSTRY IS MAINLY LOCATED THE OLDER INDUSTRIAL AREAS, AND THE 1987 TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDY ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIRS IDENTIFIED INADEQUATE SUPPLIES WATER AND WÅSTE TREATMENT FACILITIES AS A SERIOUS CONSTRAINT ON DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VITAL SUPPORTING INDUSTRY.
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THE HKIEC HAS AGREED ΤΟ CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM THE FINISHING INDUSTRY FOR THESE SITES, AND THE NEEDS OF THIS INDUSTRY WILL ALSO BE BORNE IN MIND WHEN PLANNING THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
MANPOWER TRAINING
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS WAS ALSO MADE IN 1987 IN THE AREA OF MANPOWER TRAINING.
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CURRICULUM AND TO AND MICROPROCESSOR
THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AGREED TO INTRODUCE TRIENNIUM A MORE MODULAR ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING PRODUCE MORE GRADUATES FAMILIAR WITH COMPUTER TRCHNIQUES.
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