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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989
PROSPECTS FOR HONG THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
HAVING SAI! THAT THERE WERE INDEED BRIGHT KONG'S INDUSTRY, HE ALSO POINTED OUT AREAS WHERE GREATER EFFORT HAD TO BE APPLIED.
FIRST, HE SAID, HONG KONG'S
MANUFACTURERS NEEDED TO REALISE BE MADE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS' GOODS THAT THE
THEY PRODUCED REQUIREMENTS AND NOT TO THEIR OWN SATISFACTION.
MUST
IN A
TESTING THAT
HONG KONG LABORATORY ADVISED MR EVANS
SHIPMENT. ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS) ACCREDITED LABORATORY PRIOR TO
EXPENSE INVOLVED
REJECTED. WOULD SAVE MANUFACTURERS THE NEEDLESS DELIVERIES.
AS FAR AS THE TESTING COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED, WERE VARYING DEGREES OF RESPONSIVENESS.
IN
HE SAID THERE!:
LABORATORIES HAD MADE GENUINE OPERATIONS AND HAD
HE WAS GLAD THAT SOME TESTING ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THEIR BEEN ACCREDITED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF TESTING.
ACCREDITED LABORATORIES MR EVANS ENCOURAGED TESTING TESTING TO APPLY FOR EXTENSIONS TO THE SCOPE OF TO INCLUDE FOR TESTING TO EN71.
THEIR
FOR TOY ACCREDITATIONS
HE
DEPARTMENT
WOULD
SHORTLY
BE
SAID THAT THE INDUSTRY NEGOTIATING FOR ITS HOKLAS LABORATORIES ACCREDITED FOR TESTING TO EN71 TO BE RECOGNISED BY THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AS "APPROVED BODIES "UNDER THE EEC TOY DIRECTIVE.
"MANUFACTURERS SEEKING TYPE APPROVAL' FOR NEW FUTURE BE DIRECTED TO THESE HONG KONG APPROVED BODIES,
"
WILL
TOYS
HE SAID.
IN
SAID HE HAD BEEN TURNING TO PRODUCT CERTIFICATION, MR EVANS
PRODUCT EUROPEAN
ORGANISATIONS,· CERTIFICATION NEGOTIATING WITH TWO
WITH THE SIGNING OF
AND ONE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD BEEN CONCLUDED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
WOULD NOW BE ABLE ΤΟ HELP HONG GERMAN STANDARDS SO THAT THE GS TERRITORY'S GOODS DESTINED
TUV ESSEN OF WEST GERMANY KONG'S MANUFACTURERS COMPLY WITH WEST GERMAN MARK COULD BE APPLIED TO THE FOR THAT MARKET.
WA
A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WAS BEING EXPLORED WITH CERVAC MR EVANS SAID.
OF FRANCE,
BE WELL SERVICES ASSOCIATED
THE HONG KONG Q-MARK MIGHT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT PLACED TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE PRODUCT INSPECTION WITH THE CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS WITH TUV AND CERVAC.
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEW AWARENESS OF PRODUCT AND ALSO OF QUALITY, PERHAPS IT WAS TIME WE ALL GAVE MORE THE HONG KONG Q-MARK, MR EVANS SAID.
CERTIFICATION SUPPORT TO
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