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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989
DEPARTMENT IN 1982 THEIR THE COMPANY FIRST INDICATED TO THE
TO INTENTION TO SET UP A RETREADING PLANT SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CATER TO THE MARKET IN THE REGION.
BRIEFING
THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY GAVE THEM A DETAILED
то HONG KONG AIRCRAFT INTRODUCED THEM ON THE LOCAL SITUATION AND
THE FEASIBILITY ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD (HAECO) OFFICIALS TO EXPLORE OF A JOINT VENTURE.
BETWEEN NEGOTIATIONS SETTING UP OF THE JOINT VENTURE.
THOMPSON AND
HAECO
IN RESULTED
THE
THERE WERE 13 OTHER TYRE RETREADING BUSINESSES
IN HONG KONG,
BUT THEY ARE CONFINED TO RETREADING TYRES FOR MOTOR CARS AND TRUCKS.
SIR PIERS
LATER VISITED
FUJIDENKI
COMPANY DRUMS FOR
THE HONG KONG OF SELENIUM PHOTOCONDUCTIVE
LIMITED, A LEADING SUPPLIER PHOTOCOPIERS.
COMPANY
LIMITED
A FULLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FUJI ELECTRIC JAPAN. THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTION LAST YEAR WAS VALUED AT $70 MILLION.
SIR PIERS WAS SHOWN THE FACTORY'S
AND
OF
VACUUM FURNACES, AUTOMATED
EQUIPMENT.
то
THE ENSURE NO
TESTING COMPUTERISED PRETREATMENT PROCESS LINE
MEASURES PRODUCTION SYSTEM INCORPORATED SOPHISTICATED ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
THIS SUPPLY OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUMS
TERRITORY. THE
ENABLES THE MANUFACTURE JAPANESE COMPANY'S THE OF COMPLETE PHOTOCOPIERS IN PLAN TO DIVERSIFY INTO THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR
ENHANCE HONG KONG'S CAPABILITY 13 EXPECTED TO FURTHER MANUFACTURE OF A WIDER RANGE OF COPYING MACHINES.
(OPC) IN THE
LATE
SIR PIERS NOTED IT WAS ALSO THE JAPANESE COMPANIES WHO
INDUSTRY ELECTRONICS THE 1950'S STARTED
FOR A SUPPLYING SIMPLE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FACTORIES ASSEMBLING SIMPLE TRANSISTOR RADIOS.
IN
THE
IN HONG SMALL NUMBER
KONG
BY
OF
THE
THEIR PRODUCTION CONSTITUTED ONLY AN INSIGNIFICANT PART OF
2,000 ESTABLISHMENTS ECONOMY AT THE TIME. BY 1988, THERE WERE NEARLY ENGAGING ABOUT 110,000 PERSONS IN THE INDUSTRY.
FOR TRADE AND
T.H. BARMA. REGULAR VISITS TO
SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED SIR PIERS WAS INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY. MR
VISIT WAS TODAY'S
PART OF HIS PROGRAMME OF
BY THE
FACTORIES.
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