WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991
FUTURE OF INDUSTRY TIES TO EMBRACING QUALITY
* * *
THE FUTURE OF
HONG
KONG
INDUSTRY
IS
INEXTRICABLY
TIED
TO
OF
EMBRACING QUALITY, WHETHER IT LIKES IT OR NOT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TAI SIN INDUSTRY AND GOING TO BE EASY ΤΟ WHO WERE INCREASINGLY FIERCE
SPEAKING AT A REGULAR MEETING OF WONG COMMERCE ASSOCIATION, MR WONG SAID IT WAS NOT CONVINCE ALL CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THIS POINT, BUT FOR THOSE
THE IN THEIR CONVINCED
SURVIVAL COMPANY'S COMPETITIVE WORLD MARKET WAS MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSURED.
MR
WONG
SAID
THE
PURSUIT
OF
MANUFACTURING MIGHT WELL PROVE TO BE ONE
CHALLENGES FOR CERTAINLY MORE DEMANDING
-
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
IN
OF THE MORE IMPORTANT
HONG KONG'S ENTREPRENEURS
IN THE 1990S.
**AS
IMPORTANT
AS THIS
CHALLENGE
IT
MIGHT BE,
CANNOT BE FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO SUCCESSFULLY MET UNLESS ALL COMPANY STAFF,
A KEEN AWARENESS OF THE THE NEWEST RECRUIT IN THE WORKFORCE, HAVE
FUTURE AND COMPANY'S
A THOROUGH TO THEIR IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY
OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S DEDICATION UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMPANY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.
MR WONG SAID NUMEROUS ORGANISATIONS WERE NOW EMBRACING THE QUALITY MESSAGE.
"THE HONG KONG
THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY
RELIABILITY
HAS POLYTECHNIC CENTRE. IT WILL PROVIDE
RANGE OF DIVERSE FACILITIES TO ENABLE A
ITS QUALITY AND LAUNCHED
AND COMPREHENSIVE COURSES
RELATED TRAINING QUALITY
NEEDS TO BE MET.
RECENTLY
EMBARKED ON
OF WORKMANSHIP,
AN EXTENSIVE NOT ONLY OF
ITS
**THE
DEPARTMENT HOUSING
IS
ALSO SUBJECTING
ITSELF
ΤΟ
"THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY
MATERIALS SUPPLIERS BUT ALSO ITS CONTRACTORS.
ITS THIRD-PARTY QUALITY ASSESSMENT. THE DEPARTMENT IS DETERMINED THAT
CLASS QUALITY AND NOT NEW RANGE OF HARMONY BLOCKS WILL BE OF FIRST
DEVELOPMENTS, SUFFER THE HIGH RATE OF DEFECTS FOUND IN OLDER HOUSING HE SAID.
WERE BEING WORDED ΤΟ MR WONG SAID SOME GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
ΤΟ BE
ΤΟ WERE CONTRACTORS
CERTIFIED INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS THAT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF QUALITY BEFORE THEY COULD TENDER.
DEMANDING
ISO 9000,
THE
"OVERSEAS BUYERS FROM THE LARGE CHAINSTORES ARE ALSO
ВЕ
ΤΟ ACCREDITED THAT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLYING THEM
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD,
"
HE SAID.
MR WONG SAID THE MESSAGE WAS TAKING HOLD GRADUALLY, BUT SLOWLY,
HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED
"THE HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY BY THE BUILD-UP IN APPLICATIONS FROM COMPANIES FOR ASSESSMENT,
STEPS
"THESE ARE ENCOURAGING AND POSITIVE FOR A FUTURE QUALITY COMMITMENT OF OUR INDUSTRIES,
WHICH AUGURS WELL
HE SAID.
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