THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1989
HK-JAPAN CO-OPERATION UNDERSTANDING SIGNED
A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL UNDERSTANDING WHICH WILL SEE JAPAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN ENHANCING THE FACILITIES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL'S PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY).
EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL
THE UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL
TRAINING, MR HORACE KNIGHT, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AGENCY (JICA), MR TOSHIHIKO KOGA.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES ΤΟ CONTRIBUTE $21.5 MILLION AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT $18.75 MILLION TO THE EQUIPMENT COSTS OF THE PROJECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH INTER-GOVERNMENTAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN TO BE SIGNED.
THE JAPANESE WILL ENHANCE THE PRESENT FACILITIES OF THE PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE TO ENABLE IT TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND OPERATIONAL TESTING OF HIGH PRECISION PROGRESSIVE BLANKING AND FORMING TOOLS.
THE NEED FOR HONG KONG TO UPGRADE ITS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES WAS NOTED AT THE PLENARY SESSION OF THE HONG KONG - JAPAN BUSINESS CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE IN MAY 1985.
THE COMMITTEE ALS0 NOTED THAT THE SETTING UP OF TRAINING FACILITIES TO MEET THIS NEED WOULD PROBABLY ATTRACT JAPANESE SUPPORT.
THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT THEN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC), MADE A TRAINING PROPOSAL TO THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IN AUGUST 1987.
THE JICA THEN ORGANISED THREE VISITS TO HONG KONG BY TEAMS OF OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRIALISTS TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY AND TERMS OF
THE PROJECT.
THE SCHEME WILL INVOLVE SIX TRAINEE INSTRUCTORS GOING TO JAPAN IN MID-1989 FOR THREE MONTHS' WORKING TRAINING IN TOOL AND DIE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE.
FROM THE VTC EXPERIENCE AND
THEY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG WITH FIVE JAPANESE EXPERTS WHO WILL CONTINUE TRAINING THEM IN THE USE OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN EQUIPMENT TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE VTC AND ADVANCED PRECISION METAL WORKING EQUIPMENT TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE JAPANESE SIDE.
THE VTC SHOULD BE ABLE ΤΟ OFFER COURSES UTILISING THIS EQUIPMENT FROM APRIL 1990.
PRECISION SHEET METAL PRODUCTS ARE USED IN MICROMOTORS, MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD ASSEMBLIES, MECHANISMS, CAMERA PARTS AND WATCH COMPONENTS.
ITEMS SUCH AS CASSETTE DECK
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