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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
HK INDUSTRY SHOULD GO HIGH-TECH
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HONG KONG
SHOULD MOVE TOWARDS
INDUSTRY
HIGH-VALUED AND TECHNOLOGY-BASED PRODUCTION, IN VIEW OF THE STIFF COMPETITION FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES WITH LOWER PRODUCTION COSTS AND CHEAPER LABOUR, AND FROM ESTABLISHED COUNTRIES WITH HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY, BETTER QUALITY AND INNOVATION, THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLICY DEBATE, MR TAI SAID TO ACHIEVE THAT AIM HONG KONG SHOULD REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON THE LABOUR INTENSIVE SECTOR.
HE NOTED THAT WHILE THE TWO INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN TAI PO AND YUEN LONG OFFERED SUITABLE INDUSTRIAL LAND TO BIG MANUFACTURERS,
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL EMPLOYMENT WERE RATHER LIMITED.
MR TAI URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO FORMULATE A BETTER LAND POLICY FOR THE USE OF AGRICULTURE LAND TO CATER FOR INDUSTRIAL NEEDS, SO AS ΤΟ CREATE EMPLOYMENT REGIONALLY AND LESSEN THE EVER INCREASING TRANSPORTATION AND FAMILY PROBLEMS IN THE NEW TOWNS.
"TOWN PLANNERS AND LAND ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD TAKE A REALISTIC URGENT LOOK AT THE OVERALL SITUATION AND RECOMMEND MEANINGFUL SOLUTION TO REDRESS THE PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT SUITABLE MEASURES COULD BE MADE, SUCH AS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS AND MODIFICATION OF CRITERIA IMPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ON LAND USE.
TURNING TO YOUTH CRIME, WHICH HE MAINTAINED WAS LARGELY A RESULT OF OVERCROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS, LACK OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND LACK OF PARENTAL CARE, MR ΤΑΙ SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN POLICE MANPOWER AND ESTABLISH A DIVISION TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORKERS BY PROVIDING SPEEDY AND EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE.
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RECALLING THAT THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE PROVISION FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONSULT A PARTICULAR DISTRICT BOARD ABOUT ALL DISTRICT MATTERS, MR TAI REGRETTED THAT THE OPEN CAMP POLICY RELATING TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, WHICH LARGELY AFFECTED THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT, WAS INTRODUCED WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD.
HE SAID THE EXTENT AND THE DEGREE IN CAMP POLICY SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH CAUTION TIME TO TIME.
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