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MR YEUNG WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT FOREIGN INVESTORS WOULD OPEN UP FURTHER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA BY COMING TO HONG KONG AND WORKING WITH FIRMS HAVING EXPERIENCE IN MANUFACTURING IN CHINA.
"IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1987, HONG KONG OVERTOOK JAPAN AS CHINA'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER, AND CHINA ACCOUNTED FOR 14 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 34 PER CENT OF ITS RE-EXPORTS AND 31 PER CENT OF ITS IMPORTS IN THAT YEAR.
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BY JAPANESE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG IN THE MID-1980'S, MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAD A MARKED SHIFT OUT OF ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS TO RELATIVELY SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.
"THIS REFLECTS INCREASING CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN THE QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY OF MAKERS OF PARTS AND COMPONENTS.
"THE OTHER NOTICEABLE CHANGE IS AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER PRIMARY PROCESSING FACTORIES FROM 34 IN 1982 TO 53 IN 1986, AND IN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC SALES.
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MR YEUNG ALSO NOTED THAT THE JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN HONG KONG HAD DONE REMARKABLY WELL, AS WAS INDICATED BOTH BY THEIR GROWTH IN THE NET ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS AND IN SALES.
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COMBINED SCREENING PROGRAMME IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMBINED SCREENING PROGRAMME IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT PART IN ITS NETWORK OF PREVENTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN BECAUSE IT ENABLES CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFULLY THE GOAL OF EDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL TO THE FULL.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN SPEAKING AT A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON RAST.
MR LI SAID THE PROGRAMME WAS VITAL TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE COURSE OF IMPLEMENTING UNIVERSAL EDUCATION AS MORE AND MORE CHILDREN OF VARYING ABILITY AND NEED WERE GOING TO SCHOOL.
"THE EMPHASIS