FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1988
GOOD BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY
THE
GOOD FOR BUSINESS IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY SHOULD REMAIN
RATE OF THE HONG NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FAVOURABLE EXCHANGE KONG DOLLAR, AND PROSPECTS FOR FOUR-COLOUR
AND HARDBOUND BOOKS
STUDY REPRODUCTION WORK ARE PARTICULARLY PROMISING, A NEWLY-PUBLISHED ON HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY REPORTS.
HONG
THE STUDY IS THE FIFTH IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN DEPARTMENT,
A SERIES OF STUDIES ON
BY KONG UNDERTAKEN
THE
THE MAIN AIMS ARE TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF OF THE INDUSTRY AND TO SUGGEST LIKELY TRENDS.
SELECTED INDUSTRY
THE PRESENT STATE
HONG KONG IS
NOW
THE SECOND
LARGEST EXPORTER
OF
QUALITY
PRINTING WORK IN ASIA AFTER JAPAN.
THE INDUSTRY IS RENOWNED FOR ITS GOOD PRINTING DELIVERY, COMPETITIVE PRICES, AND PRINTING JOBS.
COPE ABILITY TO
QUALITY, QUICK WITH SHORT RUN
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THROUGH
OVERSEAS
AND
HAD INVESTMENT HONG KONG'S PRINTING HAD ALSO CONTRIBUTED
TO
PLAYED
INDUSTRY THE
AN
TRANSFER, TECHNOLOGY TERRITORY'S REPUTATION AS THE PRINTING CENTRE IN THE REGION.
STRONG INTEREST WAS STILL SHOWN BY OVERSEAS
UP PRINTING FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
INVESTORS ΤΟ SET
UNLESS LOCAL PRINTERS THE REPORT HOWEVER WARNED THAT THEIR PRODUCTION CAPACITIES SUBSTANTIALLY, THEY WOULD NOT BE FURTHER PENETRATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
ON
MARKET POTENTIAL, FUTURE
EXPAND
ABLE ΤΟ
THE
THE REPORT NOTED THAT BOOK PRINTING AND THE PRODUCTION OF COLOUR SEPARATION PROVIDED GREATEST EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG PRINTERS, PARTICULARLY MAJOR MARKETS LIKE THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA.
IN
HONG KONG
WOULD PRINTERS
HAVE AN QUALITY PUBLICITY MATERIALS FOR
AS FOR THE CHINA MARKET,
HIGH INCREASING ROLE IN PRODUCING CHINA'S EXPORTS AND TOURIST INDUSTRY.
THAT
PRODUCTION
OF ALBUMS CONTINUE TO
ON FUTURE TRENDS IT WAS ENVISAGED AND DIARIES, WHICH REQUIRED LOWER PRINTING SKILLS, WOULD MOVE TO CHINA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER LABOUR COSTS.
WOULD REMAIN IN BUT PRINTING OF OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL KONG MAINLY BECAUSE HIGHER LABOUR SKILLS WERE NEEDED.
SHEET-FED OFFSET WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST PRINTING METHOD OF HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY.
HONG
WIDELY ADOPTED
/BESIDES LABOUR