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SUCH
SIR PIERS NOTED THAT THE INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
THE HONG KONG PLASTICS AS THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL,
CENTRE ALL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE AND THE HONG KONG DESIGN AND INNOVATION DID THEIR BEST TO FOSTER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA.
CENTRE TECHNOLOGY
BE WILL
AN "THE NEW HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL
CLOSE TO IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. SITUATED
WILL ENCOURAGE THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, IT
AND FACILITATE TECHNOLOGY THE GROWTH OF NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS TRANSFER, HE SAID.
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SIR
IN
TURNING TO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN HONG KONG,
PAST
HAD 10 YEARS
CONSIDERABLE ADVANCES SEEN PIERS SAID THE TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG.
"THE SERVICES SECTOR HAS LED THE WAY, WITH FINANCIAL
ON CAPITALISING TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES, THE VERY LATEST
TECHNOLOGY.
"INDEED,
A
ENVIRONMENT IN
RECENT STUDY ON A HONG KONG SHOWED
TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
THE HIGH
INFORMATION PENETRATION OF
SYSTEMS RELATIVE TO NEIGHBOURING ECONOMIES. THE SAME STUDY ALSO FOUND
HONG KONG'S ADVANCED, HE SAID.
"
HE ADDED THAT THE RAPID
BE
OF DEVELOPMENT
PART LINKED IN
TO BE PARTICULARLY
SECTOR SPECTACULAR
THE SERVICES THE TO OVER THE PAST DECADE COULD RE-EMERGENCE OF HONG KONG'S ROLE AS AN ENTREPOT FOR CHINA.
"THIS HAS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES
FOR DIVERSIFICATION INTO A SUCH AS FINANCE, INSURANCE,
WHOLE RANGE OF TRADE-RELATED SERVICES, PACKAGING, DESIGN, MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND MANY OTHERS.
"THE GROWTH OF THESE VALUE-ADDED SERVICES HAS BEEN
BY THE USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,
"I
HE SAID.
UNDERPINNED
NEW
KONG'S
"ALTHOUGH THE SERVICES SECTOR HAS BEEN QUICKER IN ADOPTING
WE ARE NOW SEEING INCREASINGLY,
TECHNOLOGIES, MANUFACTURERS FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH.
HONG
"COMPUTER
AIDED
I
HE NOTED.
AND AIDED MANUFACTURING DESIGN,
ADVANCED METHODS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON. AUTOMATED PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS SURFACE MOUNT INTRODUCED IN HONG KONG,
COMPUTER
SIR PIERS POINTED OUT THAT THIS UPGRADING IN THE
что HONG KONG'S STRENGTHENING SECTOR COULD ALSO BE LINKED LINKS WITH SOUTH CHINA.
MANUFACTURING ECONOMIC
OPERATIONS
HAVE BREN ABLE OVER THE BORDER TO
"WITH CHINA'S OPEN DOOR POLICY, MANUFACTURERS то SHIFT THEIR LABOUR-INTENSIVE GUANGDONG PROVINCE.
HONG KONG HAVE FOUND THE "THOSE OPERATIONS WHICH REMAIN IN
MARKETS ON
BASIS THE
OF WORLD COMPETE NEED TO
INCREASINGLY IN
USE OF ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGY. HENCE THE GREATER
11 HE SAID. TECHNOLOGY IN MANUFACTURING,'
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