WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1989
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FS VISITS FACTORIES IN TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS VISITED A MICROMOTOR
MANUFACTURER
AND A
JACOBS,
BREWERY
TODAY (WEDNESDAY}
IN THE ΤΑΙ
PO
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AS PART OF HIS FACTORY FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME.
SIR
PIERS
ΤΟ LIMITED WHICH
A WORLD LEADER MANUFACTORY TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN MICROMOTORS.
FIRST WENT
JOHNSON
IS
ELECTRIC
INNOVATION IN
INDUSTRIAL
AND
EMPLOYING NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE AT
HOLDS
SUPPLIER ELECTRIC IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PATENTS ON THE TECHNOLOGY, SIR PIERS WAS TOLD.
OF
THE ΤΑΙ PO PLANT, JOHNSON MICROMOTORS AND
SCORES OF
MICROMOTORS ARE
USED IN
APPLIANCES AND AUTOMOBILES.
EVERYDAY
ITEMS
SUCH AS
HOUSEHOLD
WINDOWS, THE SENSOR-ADJUSTED
SIR PIERS LEARNT THAT THE POWER REARVIEW MIRROR AND THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IN CARS ARE ALL BY TINY MOTORS WHICH JOHNSON ELECTRIC IS SPECIALISED IN.
THE MICROMOTOR HE WAS TOLD THAT ALTHOUGH INVENTED BY THE UNITED STATES, HONG KONG IS REGARDED CENTRES OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION.
WAS
POWERED
ORIGINALLY
AS ONE OF THE
AND
DOES NOT PLAN TO SIR PIERS UNDERSTOOD THAT JOHNSON ELECTRIC DIVERSIFY OUT OF MICROMOTORS AS THIS INDUSTRY IS ALREADY DIVERSIFYING
INNOVATION FLOW OF TECHNOLOGICAL ITSELF: THERE IS A CONSTANT END-USERS DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SMALLER, OF LIGHTERWEIGHT, EASIER TO USE AND MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT.
THE UNITED STATES THE LARGEST MARKET FOR JOHNSON ELECTRIC IS
HONG KONG AND CHINA WHICH TAKES ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ITS PRODUCTION. TAKE ANOTHER THIRD WHILE EUROPE AND ASIA SPLIT THE REMAINING THIRD.
BREWERY WHICH STARTED LATER, SIR PIERS VISITED THE CARLSBERG ITS PRODUCTION LINES IN TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 10 YEARS AGO.
IS MACHINERY
THE
AND INSTALLED A LARGE AMOUNT OF AUTOMATIC CANNING LINES ARE CAPABLE OF FILLING MORE THAN 1,500 CANS PER MINUTE.
THE COMPANY HAS ALSO ADOPTED MEASURES TO PREVENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLLUTION.
INDUSTRY SINGAPORE.
WHILE ITS
LOCAL SALES CONTINUE MAJOR
MAIN
ARE
OUTLET
MACAU,
FOR
THE CHINA
BEER AND
TO BE THE
MARKETS EXPORT
ACCOMPANYING SIR
PIERS
IN TODAY'S
FACTORY
VISIT WERE THE THE DIRECTOR
OF
SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA.
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