THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1990
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO VISIT HK
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OF WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE AND PATRON AND TRUSTEE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME, WILL VISIT HONG KONG, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA FROM
THIS YEAR, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
NOVEMBER 15 TO 30
HAS ANNOUNCED.
ACTING GOVERNOR VISITS LEADING PHOTO/OPTICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, STR DAVID FORD, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT.
SIR DAVID WAS MET ON
ARRIVAL AT THE
HAKING INDUSTRIES LIMITED FACTORY IN NORTH POINT BY THE COMPANY'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT STAFF,
INCLUDING THE CO-FOUNDERS, DR HAKING WONG, GROUP CHAIRMAN; DR PAULINE CHAN, GOVERNING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; AND MR HERBERT WONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR.
SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF THE FACTORY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE PRECISION ENGINEERING TO HONG KONG WHEN IT STARTED MANUFACTURING OPTICAL GOODS, INCLUDING CAMERAS AND BINOCULARS, IN 1956.
THE COMPANY HAS SINCE EXPANDED INTO A NETWORK OF EIGHT-BRANCH FACTORIES IN HONG KONG AND FIVE OTHER PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN THAILAND, TAIWAN AND MACAU.
IT ALSO MAINTAINS CENTRES FOR DESIGN, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. IT EMPLOYS MORE THAN 5,200 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
THE MANAGEMENT EXPLAINED то SIR DAVID DURING HIS TWO-HOUR VISIT THE FUNCTIONS OF SOME SOPHISTICATED MACHINERY USED.
CAPACITY
THE HAKING GROUP OF FACTORIES HAS A DAILY PRODUCTION OF 30,000 CAMERAS AND 5,000 PAIRS OF BINOCULARS. IT HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPETITIONS.
HONG KONG'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS INDUSTRY MAINLY PRODUCES STILL CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHTS, CINEMATOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, SLIDE VIEWERS AND PROJECTORS.
THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS
MANUFACTURERS IN HONG KONG HAS RISEN FROM 17 IN 1975 TO 58 IN 1988. DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE INDUSTRY HAS INCREASED FROM 2,863 ΤΟ 7,400.
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