TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1988
IN
THE EE!' WITH THE QUALITY MOVEMENT IS ACCELERATING NATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF ASIA, RAPIDLY FOLLOWING SUIT.
OTHER
PART OF THE REASON IS THE GROWTH OF CONSUMER PROTECTION INTERESTS AND PARTLY THE NEED FELT AMONGST THIRD WORLD EXPORTING NATIONS TO INCREASE MARKET ACCESS RIGHTS AGAINST TECHNICAL BARRIERS.
WITH THE THREAT OF NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TO TRADE GROWING, POOR AND QUALITY ASSURANCE COULD RENDER HONG KONG VULNERABLE TO TECHNICAL QUALITY-BASED BARRIERS.
IN OTHER BUSINESS THE BOARD ALSO CONSIDERED THE OVERSEAS MARKET ANALYSES FOR HONG KONG'S PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PREPARED BY SRI
INTERNATIONAL.
A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD WAS SET UP FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT AND THE BOARD ADOPTED A NUMBER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH RESULTED FROM THIS GROUP'S CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORT.
ALSO CONSIDERED WAS A STUDY OF
HONG KONG'S HOUSEHOLD THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, COVERING THE DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE, PRODUCTION, AND EXPORT PRODUCTS OF THE INDUSTRY.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INDUSTRY, PREPARED BY
BOTH STUDIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED.
MRS FAN APPOINTED AN EXCO MEMBER
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) GOVERNOR HAD APPOINTED MRS RITA FAN AS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FROM JANUARY 1, 1989 TO OCTOBER 31, 1991.
THAT
THE
EXECUTIVE
IN MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THE GOVERNOR PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS FAN'S ADMIRABLE RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTION OF SIR QUO-WEI LEE SINCE HE WAS FIRST MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN 1976.
VERY VALUABLE APPOINTED AS A
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT SIR Q.W. LEE'S RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE WAS EXCEPTIONAL BY ANY STANDARDS HE WOULD BE GREATLY MISSED.
SIR Q.W. LEE RETIRES FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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