MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1990
5
MORE INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING URGED
MUST ΤΟ
TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY BE MORE INNOVATIVE, PRODUCE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND ADD GREATER VALUE
AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, ITS PRODUCTS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
COMPETITION "HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS ARE NOW FACING INCREASING
SOPHISTICATED. THOSE IN OUR OVERSEAS MARKETS WHICH ARE BECOMING MORE
HIGHER STANDARDS OF QUALITY," HE WHO BUY OUR PRODUCTS EXPECT EVER SAID.
THE
DETAILS CONCERNING
то
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE SECOND GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY, MR CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT
LOCAL
INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING WAS
ASSISTING COMMITTED
QUALITY OF PRODUCTS ACHIEVE HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN CREATIVITY IN DESIGN.
TO
THROUGH
"THIS IS DONE BY PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF DEVELOPMENT
THE INDUSTRY
AND DEPARTMENT SERVICES TO INDUSTRY INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS,
HE ADDED.
SUPPORT VARIOUS
AWARD FOR INDUSTRY WAS MR CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S ESTABLISHED IN 1989 TO AWARD MANUFACTURERS WHO HAD ACHIEVED EXCELLENCE IN THE KEY ELEMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS.
"THE AWARD COVERS FOUR MAIN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; AND QUALITY,
AREAS: CONSUMER PRODUCT
HI
DESIGN: HE SAID.
DESIGN
THE CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN AND MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
AND RECOGNISE RESPECTIVELY THE AWARD CATEGORIES ARE PRODUCT-BASED,
IN MACHINERY AND IMPORTANCE OF GOOD DESIGN IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING.
THE
PRODUCTIVITY
AND
QUALITY
AWARD
COMPANY-BASED, AND RECOGNISE ENDEAVOURS
ACHIEVE IMPROVED
PRODUCTIVITY
ARE BY HONG KONG COMPANIES TO BETTER AND
QUALITY IN THEIR
CATEGORIES
MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
MR CHAN SAID ANNUAL
CATEGORY, RUN BY DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS.
COMPETITIONS
BE WOULD
HELD IN EACH
OF
HONG
KONG INDUSTRIES
THE IS THE FEDERATION
DESIGN
THE CATEGORY; PRODUCT ORGANISER FOR THE CONSUMER
THE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION FOR
COUNCIL FOR THE PRODUCTIVITY CATEGORY; THE HONG KONG CATEGORY; AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR THE QUALITY CATEGORY.
LEADING CHINESE
PRODUCTIVITY
AWARD MR CHAN SAID THERE WOULD BE ONE GOVERNOR'S AWARD IN EACH
AN OFFICIAL LOGO CATEGORY WHICH WOULD ENTITLE ITS HOLDER TO DISPLAY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
HE URGED
COMPETITIONS.
LOCAL
MANUFACTURERS
TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE
/"THE AWARD