THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1990
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TECHNOLOGY THE KEY TO HIGH VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS
HIGH VALUE-ADDED THROUGH AND PRODUCT PRECISION AND T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY
ACHIEVING TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY TO PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
MR INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, THE DIRECTOR (THURSDAY).
OF
THE INTERCHEM 90
OF BACKGROUND
KEEN CHEAPER LABOUR KONG'S MAJOR
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF
MR BARMA CONFERENCE,
SAID THAT AGAINST THE COMPETITION FROM ECONOMIES WITH AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF AND THE INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED REQUIREMENTS OF HONG
MARKETS, LOCAL EXPORT
MANUFACTURERS HAD TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER UPGRADING PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.
PLASTICS
INDUSTRY
STILL WAS BEING THREATENED
MR BARMA SAID WHILE HONG KONG'S COMPETITIVE IN THE WORLD MARKETS, THE POSITION BY THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE IMPROVED ITS COMPETITORS.
WAS
CAPABILITIES OF
ΤΟ MOVE PRODUCTS, IF THEY
"THIS
THE REINFORCES
NEED FOR OUR MANUFACTURERS TOWARDS GREATER EFFICIENCY AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED ARE TO MAINTAIN THEIR COMPETITIVENESS, HE SAID.
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THE
LABOUR SO
HE SAID IT WAS WORKABLE ONLY IN THE SHORT TERM FOR SOME OF
то LOCAL MANUFACTURERS
SHIFT THEIR LABOUR-INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OUTSIDE HONG KONG TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHEAP AS TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF PRICE.
BE WILL
VALUE-ADDED
END "AS OUR COMPETITORS CHALLENGE US AT THE LOWER
OVERSEAS MARKETS OF THE MARKET AND OUR
DEMAND HIGHER LEVELS OF US, QUALITY
TREND
TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE-BASED MANUFACTURING PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH VALUE-ADDED GOODS," BARMA SAID.
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FROM
THE
IN
MR
TO PROMOTE PLASTICS
MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS AWARE OF THE NEED
OF ADVANCED
THE WIDER APPLICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
то INDUSTRY AND IT HAD TAKEN MANY INITIATIVES TO ASSIST MANUFACTURERS
HIGHER VALUE-ADDED CONTENT OF UPGRADE THEIR OPERATIONS AND ACHIEVE THEIR PRODUCTS IN RECENT YEARS.
WITH A PRIVATE DONATION AND THE ASSISTANCE POLYTECHNIC, THE GOVERNMENT SET UP THE HONG KONG CENTRE IN. 1988.
OF THE HONG KONG PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY-ORIENTED
OF
LOCAL AND
"THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTRE IS TO PROVIDE A
SERVICE
SUPPORT ΤΟ
THE CONSULTANCY
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS, AND TO ASSIST THEM TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY PROFITABILITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY,
OF SERVICES AND "IT IS DEVELOPING AN INCREASINGLY WIDE RANGE
ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THE SERVICE IS LAUNCHING AN INDUSTRIAL CLUB SCHEME
HE SAID. WILL REACH A GREATER NUMBER OF PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS,
/THE INDUSTRY