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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988
VERY
COMPLEX AND
AND HE UNDERSTANDS HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE
OF
IS THE LAW HE SAID THAT THIS ASPECT GREATLY NEEDS MAKING SIMPLER AND MORE EFFECTIVE, THAT THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION STAFF WOULD BE ISSUES INVOLVED WITH INTERESTED ASSOCIATIONS.
US
OF THE IMPROVEMENT NEW DESIGNS ARE NOT VAIN,' HE
то "IT IS ALL VERY WELL FOR
PROMOTE QUALITY THROUGH ADVANCED DESIGNS, BUT IF THESE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED, THE EFFORT WILL HAVE BEEN PARTLY IN SAID.
"I
MR MACLEOD CONFIRMED
COMMITMENT GOVERNMENT'S THE ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND QUALITY.
TO
THE COMPANY,
STANDARDS AND "THE HONG KONG DESIGN INNOVATION
PRODUCTS STANDARDS INFORMATION BUREAU, CALIBRATION LABORATORY, THE AND THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME ARE ALL GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT
HE SAID. IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,
"
ASPECTS OF OF QUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL'S COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, SCHEME TO TRAIN CIRCUITS INTEGRATED
KONG "OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE HONG CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING SERVICES ON ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURE SYSTEMS (CAD-CAM), AND A ENGINEERS IN THE DESIGN OF APPLICATION-SPECIFIC (ASIC) THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1987.
T
UPMARKET,
IT
THEIR OWN GOODS.
HE ADDED THAT IF HONG KONG WAS TO CONTINUE TO GO WAS NECESSARY FOR MORE INDUSTRIALISTS TO DESIGN
EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MARCH RELEASED
AT
$69,888 WITH MARCH VALUE
HONG KONG'S TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN MARCH 1988, MILLION, GREW BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED 1987, ACCORDING TO THE MORE
MONTHLY FIGURES ON TRADE RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DETAILED
3 PER CENT TO $14,052 HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY MILLION IN MARCH 1988, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 34 PER CENT TO $18,590
IN MARCH ΤΟ MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS
$32,642 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 15 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1987.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS INCREASED CENT TO $37,246 MILLION IN MARCH.
BY 21 PER
/CAUTION SHOULD