SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1989
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GOVT PLAYS A ROLE IN ASSISTING WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
ROLE IN ASSISTING
THE COMPETITIVE.
THE CHIEF
ITS PLAYING
REMAIN TO INDUSTRY LOCAL WATCH AND SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD. SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
SPEAKING
CLOCK
CEREMONY
OF THE 1989 THE OPENING AT INTERNATIONAL WATCH AND CLOCK FAIR ORGANISED BY THE TRADE COUNCIL. SIR DAVID SAID THE INDUSTRY FACED BOTH TOUGH THE REGION IN ITS LOWER-END PRODUCTION, AND INCREASING BUYERS FOR EVER HIGHER STANDARDS OF QUALITY.
HONG KONG DEVELOPMENT
COMPETITION IN DEMANDS FROM
THE "TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO MOVE TOWARDS
AND BE INNOVATIVE IN ITS HIGH QUALITY END OF THE PRODUCTION SCALE DESIGNS.
"THE GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING ITS ROLE IN ASSISTING IN BOTH. HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT
HAD SET
THE INDUSTRY
UF A PRECISION HE POINTED OUT THAT THE TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE WITHIN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
"WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN
A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE PROVIDE TRAINING JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AGENCY WHICH WILL IN THE LATEST PRECISION SHEET METAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES," HE ADDED.
WERE
THESE MEASURES
AREAS NEW
NOT DIRECTED AT THE HE SAID ALTHOUGH
THE WATCH AND INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR, THEY SHOULD HELP IN ASSISTING
OF PRODUCTION SUCH AS CLOCK MANUFACTURERS TO MOVE INTO PRECISION PART MANUFACTURING.
SIR DAVID
SAID
THE INDUSTRY
HAD
OBVIOUSLY
RECOGNISED
THE
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD DESIGN.
TRADE/FAIR COMMITTEE
"THE DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE
IS ONE OF THE MEANS TO PROMOTE ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVITY.
ITS PART: THROUGH THE DESIGN WE OFFER COMPUTER-AIDED HONG
OF THE LOCAL SERVICES WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS
** HE SAID. WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY,
"HERE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO PLAYED
PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE. KONG
WAS NOT ONLY AN SIR DAVID SAID THE WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY
ALSO PROVIDED IMPORTANT EMPLOYER AND AN IMPRESSIVE EXPORT BARNER, IT
WHICH HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS WITH SECTOR WAS MOVING INTO HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION.
OF THIS
THE
"THE
GROWTH IMPRESSIVE
EPITOMISES INDUSTRY
AND A HIGH CHARACTERISTICS OF HONG KONG: A STRONG HEART TO COMPETE DEGREE OF ADAPTABILITY," HE SAID.
DEVELOPMENT TRADE
COUNCIL, SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED
AND INDUSTRIES, AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG WATCH TRADES
MAKING KONG WATCH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN EXHIBITION SUCH AN ATTRACTION.
THE
THE HONG
THE
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