W
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1988
AUTOMATION CAN HELP WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRY
LOCAL WATCHES AND CLOCK
WHO CONTINUE TO
WHICH THEIR PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG SHOULD SEEK TO REDUCE COSTS, BE ACHIEVED THROUGH CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN MECHANISATION, AUTOMATION AND IMPROVED QUALITY, AND IN ACQUIRING TECHNOLOGIES WILL ENABLE THEM TO PRODUCE PARTS AND COMPONENTS LOCALLY, DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K. Y. YEUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
MANUFACTURERS
BASE
CAN
THAT THE
MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE 20TH HONG KONG WATCH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION LTD.
ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE
ITSELF
CONSIDERABLE
HE SAID THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRY HAD ESTABLISHED
THE OVER
LAST 20 YEARS INTERNATIONAL RESPECT.
WELL
AND
NOW
ENJOYED
CHALLENGES DONE A
THE RECOGNISED HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS MANUFACTURERS HAD TO FACE AND HAD
YEARS RECENT
ΤΟ
THEM GOOD DEAL IN
HELP
AND OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES THAT WERE TRYING TO MOVE UP MARKET.
MR YEUNG SAID THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAD DECIDED TO LAUNCH INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE IN EARLY 1989.
AN
PROMOTING THE
THE
THE SERVICE WILL AT FIRST CONCENTRATE MAINLY ON
ENHANCEMENT PRODUCTIVITY
SERVICES OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE TWO POLYTECHNICS, THE QUALITY SUPPORT SERVICES OF INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, AND THE PRODUCT DESIGN SERVICES OF THE HONG DESIGN INNOVATION COMPANY.
KONG
"WE ASSESSED THE
EXPERIMENTAL INDUSTRIAL
FOR POTENTIAL EXTENSION
THE
SCHEME BY MOUNTING AN EARLIER SERVICE
THIS
THE YEAR,
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RESULTS WERE ENCOURAGING, HE ADDED.
"WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE IS LAUNCHED
IT WILL COVER ALL OUR
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
PLASTICS, METALS AND ELECTRONICS,"
*+
HE ADDED.
TEXTILES AND
NEXT YEAR, GARMENTS,
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