THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1991
AUTOMATION WAS ANOTHER AREA LOCAL GARMENT
WORKED ON.
MANUFACTURERS
HAD
THE USE OF COMPUTERISED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS IN PATTERN AND MARKER GRADING WAS COMMON, AND COMPUTER-AIDED SYSTEMS FOR DESIGN, COMPUTERISED CUTTING, AND MATERIAL HANDLING WERE ALSO INCREASINGLY COMMON.
"WHILE MANUFACTURERS' PAST RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING, THE LONG-TERM GROWTH OF HONG KONG'S CLOTHING INDUSTRY LIES IN ITS CAPACITY ΤΟ PRODUCE EVEN HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS, TO FURTHER APPLY NEW TECHNOLOGY, ΤΟ DIVERSIFY AND ΤΟ PENETRATE NEW MARKETS.
"QUICK RESPONSE, AND THE FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT SKILL OF HONG KONG GARMENT MANUFACTURERS TO ADAPT TO ORDERS OF SMALL QUANTITY AND SHORT DELIVERY SCHEDULES, WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE HONG KONG IN A COMPETITIVE POSITION.
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE WIDER APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY, MR CHAN SAID.
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FOUR TELEPOINT LICENCES ISSUED
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT LICENCES HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE FOLLOWING FOUR COMPANIES TO OPERATE TELEPOINT SERVICES IN HONG KONG BASED ON THE SECOND GENERATION CORDLESS TELEPHONE (CT 2) TECHNOLOGY:
*
CHEVALIER (TELEPOINT) LIMITED
(OA) HOLDINGS LIMITED AND
(AUSTRALIA)
-
—
INTERNATIONAL
A CONSORTIUM OF CHEVALIER
OTC
LIMITED
CONSORTIUM OF HONG
KONG
HONG KONG CALLPOINT LIMITED - A TELECOM CSL LIMITED, SUN HUNG ΚΑΙ HONG KONG INDUSTRIES LIMITED AND STAR PAGING (HOLDING) LIMITED
A CONSORTIUM
HUTCHISON PAGING LIMITED - TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED AND MOTOROLA, INC.
OF HUTCHISON
(U.S.A.)
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED A CONSORTIUM OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC (U.K.), FIRST PACIFIC COMPANY LIMITED, ABC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED AND SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LIMITED
"TELEPOINT SERVICES WILL BE ANOTHER LOW-COST, EFFECTIVE AND CONVENIENT MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION FACILITY WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN CHOOSE, MR WONG SAID.
/"SERVICES ARE