FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1990
GOVT CONCENTRATES EFFORTS IN PROMOTING HIGH TECHNOLOGY
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCENTRATING ITS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING HIGH TECHNOLOGY IN LINE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY
(FRIDAY).
"IN THIS RESPECT, THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH ALLOCATION OF FUNDS TO THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ ASSIST MANUFACTURERS EN INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVING PRODUCT QUALITY," MR CHAN SAID A'T A SEMINAR ON HONG KONG COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY 1990 ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL HAD SET UP THREE LABORATORIES IN ITS KWUN TONG CENTRE IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, NAMELY THE SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY THE PHOTO-CHEMICAL MACHINING LABORATORY AND THE RADIO FREQUENCY AND
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION LABORATORY.
"THESE FACILITIES WILL FURTHER HELP MANUFACTURERS ΤΟ ACHIEVE BREAKTHROUGHS IN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT, HE
SAID.
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IN ADDITION, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD SET UP A TECHNOLOGY
ACCOMMODATIONS
"APART FROM PROVIDING SUITABLE
FOR INDUSTRIALISTS WHO ARE TAKING PART IN RESEARCH ON AND PRODUCTION OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS, THE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH HIGH STANDARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THROUGH THE PROPOSED DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FACILITIES, " HE SAID.
MR CHAN SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE WOULD BE COMPLETED AROUND MID-1993 AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW LOOKING CAREFULLY INTO THE LOCATION OF THE CENTRE AND THE NECESSARY FACILITIES,
AS REGARDS THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, MR CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO BUILD A THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN TSEUNG KWAN 0
AND THE FIRST LOT OF LAND WAS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE IN 1993 TO MEET THE HUGE DEMAND FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND.
MR CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE ITS POLICY OF GIVING POSITIVE ASSISTANCE TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, CONDUCT REGULAR REVIEWS INTO ITS POLICY AND LOOK INTO MORE EFFICIENT AND SUITABLE STRATEGIES.
TURNING TO FUTURE DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES FACING HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE, MR CHAN NOTED THAT AFTER TWO YEARS OF RAPID GROWTH, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAD RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GROWTH RATE IN REAL TERMS OF THIS YEAR'S ECONOMY WOULD SLOW DOWN ΤΟ THREE PER CENT.
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