FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1989
POLITICAL ADVISER TO VISIT PEKING
MR
WILLIAM
ADVISER,
WILL THE POLITICAL INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO PEKING FROM OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 1.
THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO MEET
EHRMAN,
PAY
AN
OFFICIALS WHO
DEAL WITH
HONG KONG MATTERS.
HK MUST CONTINUE TO DEVELOP COMPETITIVE SKILLS
*
ABOUT HONG
LOCAL MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN URGED NOT TO BE COMPLACENT
AS ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY THE EXPORT PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S
TO COMPETE ON DESIGN,
CONTINUE DEVELOPING ITS SKILLS KONG MUST QUALITY AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
MR T.H. THE ADVICE CAME FROM THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY,
AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE SPOKE FOURTH UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME DESIGN CHAMPIONSHIP.
OF
BARMA, THE
COMPOUND ANNUAL
"WHILE WE CAN BE PLEASED WITH THE 16 PER CENT GROWTH IN ELECTRONICS EXPORTS ACHIEVED IN RECENT YEARS, THERE GROUNDS FOR COMPLACENCY.
"THE
ARE NO
AS
OF VALUE-ADDED CONTENT
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
IN 1986, AGAINST PERCENTAGE OF GROSS OUTPUT WAS ONLY 20 PER CENT MANUFACTURING-WIDE AVERAGE OF 27.5 PER CENT,
"MOREOVER,
HONG KONG'S SHARE
OF THE VITAL UNITED STATES HAVE MAINTAINED
ELECTRONICS MARKET HAS SHRUNK, WHILE OUR COMPETITORS OR IMPROVED THEIR POSITIONS.
"BETWEEN 1982 AND 1987, OUR SHARE OF THAT MARKET FIVE PER CENT TO 3.9 PER CENT." MR BARMA SAID,
L
THAT MANY
MANUFACTURERS HAD
DROPPED FROM
RESPONDED
HE NOTED LABOUR-INTENSIVE SUB-ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS TO SOUTHERN CHINA LOWER-COST AREAS WHILE OTHER MANUFACTURERS HAD MOVED VALUE-ADDED LADDER.
"THE COMMON ELEMENT IN BOTH THESE APPROACHES IS
THOSE CONTINUE DEVELOPING THAT HONG KONG MUST
QUALITY AND PRODUCT
ENABLE IT TO COMPETE ON DESIGN, BARMA SAID.
BY
MOVING AND OTHER
FURTHER UP THE
A RECOGNITION
SKILLS WHICH WILL
即时 DEVELOPMENT,' MR
/HE ATTACHED