MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1990
GOVT PROVIDES INFRASTRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY
A
CONTINUOUS THE
MAINTAINS GOVERNMENT CONSULTANCIES AND STUDIES WHICH ANALYSE THE STRENGTHS OF HONG KONG'S MAIN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS WELL AS HOW MIGHT BE OVERCOME, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
PROGRAMME
OF
AND WEAKNESSES THE WEAKNESSES ANDREW LEUNG,
"CHINA-SHENZHEN- DELIVERING THE KEYNOTE SPEECH AT A SEMINAR ON
IN THE 90'S" AT THE CHINESE HONG KONG TECHNOLOGY CO-OPERATION
"IN THE MR LEUNG SAID:
LIGHT OF THESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
OF
THE OUR
DEVELOPMENT BOARD, INDUSTRY FINDINGS AND THE ADVICE
ΤΟ ON WHICH
DECIDE WHETHER AND GOVERNMENT HAS A REASONABLE BASIS WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED.
"
HE SAID GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY FELL CATEGORIES, INFRASTRUCTURAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL.
INTO TWO MAIN
ADEQUATE PROVISION RAW MATERIALS,
INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT WAS CONCERNED WITH OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, TRAINED MANPOWER, WATER, FUEL AND AND FINANCIAL AND OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES.
CRUCIAL
WITH THE STIMULATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT WAS CONCERNED INVESTMENT IN PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY AND INNOVATION, THE THREE ELEMENTS IN MAINTAINING MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS.
AND ECONOMICS DICTATE "FOR EXAMPLE, LAND IS A SCARCE RESOURCE THAT IT SHOULD GENERALLY BE AUCTIONED OFF, REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC
AND
EFFICIENT THE MOST HIGHEST,
IMPLICATION, SECTORS, TO THE
POTENTIAL, MR LEUNG BIDDER ABLE TO REALISE ITS MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT SAID.
BY
APPROACH
"
IT
WELL, REQUIREMENTS LAND FOR TO ENVIRONMENTS AND
SERVES HONG KONG "ALTHOUGH THIS GENERAL SOMETIMES FALLS SHORT OF MEETING ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL
ITSELF - SUITABLE BY INDUSTRY TO DIVERSIFY AND UPGRADE LOW-RISE SPECIALLY DESIGNED INDUSTRIAL ACCOMMODATION MORE AMENABLE PROCESSES INVOLVING OPTIMUM AUTOMATION, CONTROLLED PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES.
TO
IT WOULD BE "MOREOVER, IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH ACCOMMODATION,
FOR FOR HONG
TO COMPETE KONG
CONTINUE DIFFICULT EXTREMELY
WHICH SERVES то UPGRADE MUCH-NEEDED FOREIGN INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT,
OUR INDUSTRIES.
"THIS IS INDUSTRIAL ESTATES.
LARGELY THE
PHILOSOPHY
BEHIND
THE
PROVISION OF
"AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS STARTING TO PLAN THIRD ONE, EXPECTED TO COME ON STREAM BY 1993," HE SAID.
AND BUILD A
COMPETITION FROM NEIGHBOURING INCREASING MR LEUNG SAID WITH
EXPECTATIONS ECONOMIES, CONTINUING PROTECTIONISM AND RISING CONSUMER IN OUR MAIN OVERSEAS MARKETS, HONG KONG HAD TO COMPETE MORE ON QUALITY THAN ON PRICE AND RESPONSIVENESS.
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