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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1988
FS VISITS TOY FACTORY
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, VISITED KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. IN KOWLOON BAY.
TODAY (THURSDAY)
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ANDREW LEUNG, MR JACOBS WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONS OF KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, MR DENNIS TING.
MR JACOBS TOURED THE PLANT, SEEING THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS ELECTRIC TOYS, PLASTIC DOLLS, MODEL RAILWAYS, TOY VEHICLES AND AUDIO ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.
THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1948.
AS AT SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE TOYS AND DOLLS INDUSTRY EMPLOYED 49,034 PERSONS IN 2,152 ESTABLISHMENTS, ACCOUNTING FOR SIX PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTRUING INDUSTRIES.
IN 1987, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TOYS AND DOLLS WERE VALUED AT $11,924 MILLION (OR 6.1 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORT VALUE OF THE YEAR), REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 6.9 PER CENT ON 1986.
DFCC MEMBERS VISIT MAGISTRACY
SIX MEMBERS OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE (DFCC) PAID A VISIT TO THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING AND WERE RECEIVED BY THE PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE, MR MICHAEL HILL.
THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT WAS TO ENABLE MAGISTRATES ΤΟ APPRECIATE LOCAL CONCERNS ON ONE HAND, AND TO ENABLE DFCC MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS ON THE OTHER.
THE VISIT, ARRANGED BY THE DFCC SECRETARY, STARTED WITH AN INFORMAL MEETING AT WHICH THE MAGISTRATES AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS COULD EXCHANGE VIEWS ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN. THE QUESTION OF PENALTIES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING WAS DISCUSSED.
FOLLOWING THE INFORMAL MEETING, THE PARTY WAS SHOWN ROUND THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON SOME OF THE HEARINGS UNDERWAY IN THE COURTS.
A SIMILAR VISIT TO THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY WILL BE ARRANGED ANOTHER GROUP OF DFCC MEMBERS OF TIF ISLANDS DISTRICT LATER
FOR
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