THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURING AN IMPORTANT CHALLENGE
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THE 1990'S WILL BE AN EVENTFUL DECADE FOR HONG INDUSTRIES AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURING MAY ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT CHALLENGES.
KONG AND ITS PROVE ΤΟ BE
INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
OF
TODAY THE OPENING
THE TOTAL QUALITY CONFERENCE SAID THIS AT
I THURSDAY).
FIRMLY BELIEVED
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT IMPROVED QUALITY, LEADING MANAGEMENT APPROACH, MIGHT PROVE TO BE ONE OF
IN DETERMINING
INDUSTRIES.
THAT
FOR
THE QUEST ΤΟ THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TOTAL QUALITY MORE DECISIVE FACTORS HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING
THE FUTURE
SUCCESS OF
RELIED HEAVILY ON WORK AT AND LABOUR COULD
MR BARMA SAID HONG KONG'S PAST SUCCESS HAD LOW VALUE ADDED, HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION OR ON SUBCONTRACTING A RELATIVELY LOW TECHNOLOGY LEVEL, BUT DUE TO RISING LAND COSTS, THESE TYPES OF LABOUR INTENSIVE PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION NOT BE SUSTAINED IN HONG KONG.
STUDIES THAT HAVE "IT IS PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT THAT ALL RECENT
MAJOR INDUSTRIES HAVE INDICATED BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN RESPECT OF OUR
SUCCESS AND GROWTH THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR PAST MANUFACTURING
IN HONG RATE, INDUSTRIES THAT REMAIN AND HOPE TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE
THE TECHNOLOGY THEY EMPLOY KONG MUST MOVE 'UP MARKET'. NOT ONLY IN BUT ALSO IN THE QUALITY OF GOODS THEY PRODUCE.
"HONG KONG MUST THEREFORE IMPROVE ITS QUALITY PRODUCTS." HE SAID.
IMAGE AS A SOURCE OF
EMPHASISED MR BARMA SAID THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE
A VITAL THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY IN MANUFACTURING THERE WAS COMPANY WIDE PARTICIPATION, WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAVING
INVOLVEMENT RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF COMMITMENT AND ACTIVE
QUALITY PLAN.
THAT IN NEED FOR THE MAIN IN THE
TERMS OF AN "THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE IN
PROGRAMME FOR THE MANUFACTURING OVERALL
IMPROVEMENT QUALITY
THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIES EMPHASISES THIS ESSENTIAL NEED BY TARGETTING
CAMPAIGN
DECISION AWARENESS QUALITY
MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
PRIMARILY
-
HE SAID,
AT
MAKERS
IN
BE THAT AN
MR BARMA POINTED OUT THAT THE PRINCIPAL MESSAGE WOULD THE INTRODUCTION OF A WELL STRUCTURED QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS
COSTS, INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS PLAN WOULD HELP REDUCE IMPROVE OUTPUT AND SECURE MARKETS.
"THE CAMPAIGN IS SCHEDULED FOR ITS INAUGURAL LAUNCH ON MARCH 1, 1990," HE SAID.
/HE ALSO