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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1991
IT CAN BE USED TO BROADCAST EITHER HIGH FIDELITY OR MULTI-LINGUAL PROGRAMMES.
STEREO
SOUND
EXISTING TELEVISION SETS AND VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDS (VCR) CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE CONVENTIONAL SOUND TRACK.
WILL
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE STEREO SOUND OR MULTI-LINGUAL BROADCASTS,
TO USE VIEWERS WILL NEED
TV SETS OR VCR WHICH CONTAIN "NICAM"
DECODERS.
NEXT
AND THE TELEVISION COMPANIES
THE CONSUMER COUNCIL WILL BE PUBLICISING IN THE
FEW MONTHS ON HOW TO CHOOSE THE PRODUCTS FOR RECEIVING MULTICHANNEL SOUND SIGNALS.
RIGHT
CALL FOR ENTRIES TO 1991 GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY
THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, TODAY (MONDAY) CALLED ON MANUFACTURERS TO ENTER COMPETITIONS FOR THE 1991 GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE.
GOVERNOR'S
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MR CHAN SAID THE AWARD FOR INDUSTRY WAS SET UP IN 1989 ΤΟ RECOGNISE AND ENCOURAGE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE AREAS OF CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN; MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PRODUCTIVITY; AND QUALITY.
"IT IS IN JUST THESE AREAS WHERE OUR MANUFACTURERS MUST EXCEL IF THEY ARE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN OUR MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS,' HE SAID.
THE CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN AND THE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN AWARD CATEGORIES ARE PRODUCT-BASED, AND ARE AIMED AT RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD DESIGN IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND IN MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING.
CATEGORIES
ARE
THE PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY AWARD COMPANY-BASED, AND RECOGNISE ENDEAVOURS BY HONG KONG COMPANIES TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY AND BETTER QUALITY IN THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
CATEGORY: EQUIPMENT
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANISING THE CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION THE MACHINERY AND DESIGN CATEGORY; THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL THE PRODUCTIVITY CATEGORY; AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT THE QUALITY CATEGORY.
AN
MR CHAN SAID ONE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY WAS EACH AWARD CATEGORY WHICH ENTITLED ITS HOLDER TO DISPLAY LOGO FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
MADE IN OFFICIAL
/THE GOVERNOR'S