TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1991
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QUALITY AND RELIABILITY CENTRE SET UP TO ASSIST INDUSTRY
* * * *
MR
TODAY
(TUESDAY) KONG'S INDUSTRY ΤΟ
OF
T.H. BARMA, THE DIRECTOR
INDUSTRY, OPENED A CENTRE SPECIALLY CREATED TO ASSIST HONG IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF ITS PRODUCTS.
CENTRE, RELIABILITY
QUALITY AND
HAS THE CENTRE, CALLED THE
AS A CO-OPERATIVE VENTURE BEEN SET UP AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC
THE TERTIARY BETWEEN INDUSTRY, INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS, AND
POLYTECHNIC OF SECTOR REPRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, CITY HONG KONG AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
GOVERNMENT
SPEAKING AT THE CENTRE'S OPENING, MR BARMA SAID THE APPLAUDED THE FORWARD THINKING THAT HAD BEEN SHOWN IN SETTING UP CENTRE AND FULLY SUPPORTED IT.
SUPPORT
IS
THE
FORM
THE
OF A
IN
TANGIBLE VERY "INDEED, THE
FUNDS CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTION OF $600,000 FROM TOWARDS THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE," HE SAID.
WERE THEY
DEMANDS BY HONG KONG'S MR BARMA SAID THERE HAD BEEN GREATER MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR BETTER QUALITY PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS BECOMING EVER MORE DISCERNING REGARDING THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS PURCHASED.
AND SAFETY
"IN SOME CASES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO HEALTH ASPECTS, MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING IMPOSED BEFORE PRODUCTS GAIN ENTRY INTO MARKETS.
CAN
"THIS
IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY
EVIDENT
IN
BUROPE
AS THE
COMMUNITY MOVES TOWARDS HARMONISATION OF STANDARDS BY 1992," HE SAID.
MR
OF ACUTELY AWARE HAD BEEN SAID THE BARMA
GOVERNMENT
RESPECT OF INCREASING PROBLEMS FACING MANUFACTURERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE QUALITY ISSUE.
QUALITY CONSULTANTS WERE COMMISSIONED
STUDY OF HONG
ASSOCIATED
BY THE GOVERNMENT IN то KONG'S INDUSTRIES AND
AT PROMOTING MAXIMUM SERVICES,
1987 TO MAKE AN IN-DEPTH PROPOSE A QUALITY STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG AIMED COMPETITIVENESS FOR
LOCAL
PRODUCTS
ESPECIALLY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CONSULTANTS'
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED
BY THE GOVERNMENT WERE FRAMED INTO A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME SUPPORT OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
IN
AGENCY WOULD "EXISTING QUALITY SERVICES WOULD BE ENHANCED, AN
PARTY CERTIFICATION OF COMPANIES QUALITY ON
AWARENESS
THE
BE ESTABLISHED TO UNDERTAKE THIRD
BASED SCHEME
INTERNATIONAL UNDER A REGISTRATION
190 9000, AND A SUSTAINED QUALITY MANAGEMENT STANDARD CAMPAIGN WAS TO BE TARGETTED PRIMARILY AT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
"TO
ENHANCE
QUALITY SERVICES
THE INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT
HAS
COMMITTED OVER $30 MILLION ON PERIOD FROM 1989 TO 1991.
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IN THE THREE-YEAR
"AN INDEPENDENT