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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1989
HAD
HE POINTED OUT THAT TWO DEVELOPMENTS GROWTH OF THE MOULD AND DIE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.
F
CONTRIBUTED
ΤΟ THE
OF OUR SHIFT
COST COUNTRIES.
LABOUR
INTENSIVE THE WITH HE SAID, "FIRST."
LABOUR
NOTABLY SOUTH ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS TO LOWER CHINA AND THAILAND, HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED AS A SUPPLY BASE NOT ONLY SERVICES BUT ALSO OF MANUFACTURING VARIETY OF IN RESPECT OF A MATERIALS, PARTS, COMPONENTS AND TOOLINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SOURCED FROM THESE COUNTRIES.
WITH TO COPE
SMALL BATCH SECONDLY, MR BARMA SAID, IN ORDER
CYCLES, STRINGENT QUALITY REQUIREMENTS, ORDERS, SHORT PRODUCT LIFE
HAD TO THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION METHODS.
INTRODUCE
HE SAID THIS IN TURN DEMANDED BETTER TOOLING SUPPORT.
MORE
ENGINEERING
WAS
HE ALSO NOTED THAT A STUDY OF THE METALS AND LIGHT
INDUSTRY THAT THE
AND DIE MOULD INDUSTRIES IN 1988 REVEALED FRAGMENTED,
, CONSISTED OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAD NO REPRESENTATIVE BODY FOR MOULD AND DIE MAKERS IN HONG KONG.
THE
"HAVING CONSIDERED THE STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,
IT AGREED THAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD METALS COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY
TO PROMOTE AND ASSOCIATION TO FORM A TRADE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL
MR BARMA SAID. REPRESENT THE MOULD AND DIE INDUSTRIES,
MOULD KONG
AND
DIE
THE
OF THE HONG HE SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT COUNCIL WAS TIMELY IN THAT IT HELPED TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON INDUSTRIES' GROWING IMPORTANCE IN MANUFACTURING,
DIE
MOULD AND "WHILE THERE ARE NO ACCURATE STATISTICS ON THE
THAN 2,000
AND MOULD INDUSTRIES. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THERE ARE MORE
MR BARMA DIE FACTORIES IN HONG KONG, EMPLOYING OVER 15,000 WORKERS, SAID,
$950
MOULDS AND
REACHED DIES "IN 1938, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MILLION, REPRESENTING A SIX-FOLD INCREASE COMPARED WITH THAT IN 1983," HE ADDED.
HIGHEST STANDARDS EXPECTED OF BLUE BERETS'
THE REPUTATION OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, OR
CITIZENS OF AS "BLUE BERETS". IS WELL KNOWN TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, SAID.
COMMONLY KNOWN HONG KONG,
THE
ALWAYS WAS UNEXPECTED EVENTS, ANTI-CRIME DUTIES.
ADDRESSING A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE "ECHO" PTU HEADQUARTERS IN FANLING LAST (FRIDAY) NIGHT, MR
ONLY NOT то THE FORE, PTU
MORE BUT
AT COMPANY
THE
ALSO
AT
ANNING TIMES OF CROWD
SAID
THE
SUDDEN IN
CONTROL ROUTINE
OR
AND
THE PUBLIC ...