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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
"OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE A RANGE OF POLICIES PROGRAMMES WHICH AIM TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND
MORE PRODUCTIVE, DRIVE TO IN THEIR
BECOME HELP COMPANIES INNOVATIVE AND MORE QUALITY-CONSCIOUS IN SHORT, MORE COMPETITIVE.
AND
ΤΟ
MORE
"AND IN DRAWING UP EACH ELEMENT IN THE OVERALL PICTURE, WE HAVE PLAY IN DETERMINING FULL REGARD TO THE ROLE TECHNOLOGY HAS TO COMPETITIVE STRENGTH," HE SAID.
HAD
ILLUSTRATING THE POINT WITH A FEW EXAMPLES, SIR PIERS SAID, THE AIMED TO ATTRACT NEW ESTATES AT TAI PO AND YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES AND IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES TO HONG KONG.
A THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TSEUNG KWAN O WILL COME ON IN 1993, HE SAID.
STREAM
FOR A DRAMATIC SCIENCE AND
SIR PIERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING EXPANSION IN HIGHER EDUCATION, WITH MANY MORE PLACES IN TECHNOLOGY SUBJECTS.
"WE
INTEND
ALSO TO
STRENGTHEN
BASE RESEARCH THE
IN THE
UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS." HE SAID.
THROUGH THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, WE PROVIDE A OF SERVICES TO ASSIST MANUFACTURERS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND USEFUL TECHNOLOGIES.
HOST ADOPT
AND
UNDER WAY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL IS NOW PLANNING "INTENSIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.
HONG KONG'S TO UPGRADE PROGRAMME SEEKS INVESTMENT OUR INWARD
HE SAID. MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER,'
SIR PIERS SAID THIS APPROACH HAD SERVED HONG KONG WELL, AND THE "LAGGING BEHIND" ITS TOO COMMON PERCEPTION THAT HONG KONG WAS NEIGHBORING ECONOMIES DID NOT STAND UP TO CLOSE INSPECTION.
ALL
"LOOK AT OVERALL PROSPERITY: OUR PER CAPITA GDP IS THE IN ASIA OUTSIDE JAPAN.
HIGHEST
"LOOK
AT
TECHNOLOGY:
EXPLOIT STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY.
MANY HONG KONG
CAN COMPANIES
AND DO
WHETHER
IN MANUFACTURING,
FINANCIAL
FLOW
HE SAID.
"LOOK AT INVESTMENT: SERVICES, REAL ESTATE OR RETAILING, INVESTMENT IS CONTINUING TO INTO HONG KONG FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES,
NEVERTHELESS,
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
то WHAT IN RELATION
SOME
TO
SIR PIERS SAID HE DID PAY HEED MEMBERS HAD SAID IN THE DEBATE UPGRADING HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND ITS APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY.
ON THE
IN NO WAY
FUNDAMENTALLY "WHILE I BELIEVE THAT OUR APPROACH IS RIGHT LINES, I WOULD STRESS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMPLACENT.
"WE RECOGNISE THAT WE MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO INDUSTRY'S CHANGING NEEDS," HE SAID.
/THE GOVERNMENT