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SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1989
IMPROVED STATUS OF HOKLAS
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THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) SIGNED ON FRIDAY BETWEEN THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS) AND THE NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCREDITATION SERVICE (NAMAS) OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE STATUS OF HOKLAS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF LABORATORY TESTING.
IN THE
AND BY
MR K.Y. PHYSICAL MR JOHN HRAD OF
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, YEUNG, AND DR PAUL DEAN, DIRECTOR OF THE UK NATIONAL LABORATORY (NPL), FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS, SUMMERFIELD, HEAD OF NAMAS, AND MR ERNEST EVANS, DEPUTY HOKLAS, ON BEHALF OF THE SCHEMES.
IT IS ONLY THE EIGHTH SIMILAR-TYPE MOU BETWEEN THE MAJOR SCHEMES OF THE WORLD, SHOWING THAT HOKLAS'S REPUTATION HAS GAINED IN STATURE WORLDWIDE.
UNDER THE AGREEMENT, HOKLAS-ENDORSED TEST CERTIFICATES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NAMAS CERTIFICATES WILL BR ACCEPTED IN HONG KONG WITHOUT RESORTING TO FURTHER TESTING OF PRODUCTS. THIS MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THE SCHEME BY BOTH FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOKLAS LONG RUN, HOKLAS'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NAMAS MAY LEAD TO OTHER EUROPEAN SOVEREIGN COMMUNITY STATES AND POSSIBLY AS A WHOLE.
PARTIES HAS AND, IN THE ACCEPTANCE BY
THE COMMUNITY
HOKLAS IS A MATURE QUALITY SERVICE BUILT ON OVERALL COMPETENCY AND THE INTERGRITY OF TESTING AND IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE EXISTING QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
HOKLAS-ACCREDITED LABORATORIES OFFER SERVICES TO MANUFACTURERS FOR THE PROPER TESTING OF THEIR PRODUCTS, GIVING ASSURANCE OF THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND SAFETY REGULATIONS OF THE TO WHICH THEY ARE BEING EXPORTED.
ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE AT ACCREDITED LOCAL LABORATORIES, PERFORMING A WIDE RANGE IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BY NEXT MARCH THE NUMBER OF LABORATORIES COULD BE OVER 30.
LABORATORIES ARE ACCREDITED ONLY AFTER A METICULOUS PROCESS, WHICH IS CONSIDERED VERY SERIOUSLY.
COUNTRIES
PRESENT 20
OF TESTING.
ACCREDITED
ASSESSMENT
ARE то
LABORATORIES THAT ARE UNABLE TO COMPLY WIH HOKLAS CRITERIA NOT ACCREDITED AND THOSE THAT ARE ACCREDITED AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAIL MAINTAIN THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE SCHEME, MR EVANS SAID.
"MANUFACTURERS SHOULD USE HOKLAS-ACCREDITED LABORATORIES то SEEK THIRD-PARTY VERIFICATION THAT THEIR PRODUCTS COMPLY WITH STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS DEMANDED BY THEIR CUSTOMERS. HE SAID.
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