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WHILE ADEQUATE FINANCE AND OTHER RESOURCES WILL THEREFORE NEED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE, THE RETURNS ON SUCH INVESTMENT CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL.
"RECOGNITION OF THESE FACTORS IS CRITICAL TO A LONG TERM, OVERALL INDUSTRIAL QUALITY STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALREADY KEENLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURED GOODS ΤΟ ENABLE COMPANIES TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
FOR ITS PART, THE GOVERNMENT HAD SINCE THE EARLY 1980'S DEVELOPED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO ASSIST MANUFACTURERS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF IMPROVED QUALITY IN PRODUCTION, AND SUCH QUALITY SERVICES WERE WELL DEVELOPED AND HAD ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION.
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A COMPREHENSIVE THE ENHANCEMENT
FURTHER SUPPORT HAD BEEN GIVEN IN THE FORM OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR OF EXISTING QUALITY SERVICES, THE PROMOTION
QUALITY THROUGH THE LAUNCHING OF AN
QUALITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
ONGOING
MR BARMA SAID THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR WAS TO PROVIDE AN INSIGHT
STRATEGY INTO THE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
NECESSARY FOR IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY.
"FURTHER SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING MATERIAL COVERING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE THEORY AND PRACTICE, WILL BE ARRANGED AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING QUALITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN," HE SAID.
THE SEMINAR, IN WHICH 300 COMPANY EXECUTIVES ARE PARTICIPATING, WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND WEDNESDAY.
THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS WAS GIVEN TODAY BY MR RON MORTIBOYS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MORTI BOYS TOTAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LTD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
OTHER SPEAKERS ARE MR JOHN EARLY, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE JURAN
ERIC INSTITUTE OF THE UNITED STATES; MR
WILLIAMS, CHAIRMAN OF THE INSTITUTE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; MR ERNEST EVANS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (QUALITY SERVICES) IN THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT; AND MR KEITH NEWTON, DIRECTOR (EXPORTS) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
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