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GOVT TAKES INITIATIVES TO HELP LINKAGE INDUSTRY
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN MANY INITIATIVES TO HELP HIGHER VALUE INDUSTRY ACHIEVE GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE
THE LINKAGE OUTPUT, THE
OF THE HONG KONG LINKAGE INDUSTRY SPEAKING AT THE OPENING
WAS IN INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL EXHIBITION 191, MR BARMA SAID THIS RECOGNITION
FACT THAT OF THE
OF PERFORMANCE
MANUFACTURING OF THE LINKAGE INDUSTRIES DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE SUPPORT
SOPHISTICATED AND PRECISION INDUSTRY FOR THE SUPPLY OF
COMPONENTS,
PARTS AND PRODUCTION TOOLINGS.
KONG UPGRADES AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED
-
"THIS SUPPORT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS HONG
MANUFACTURE OF INTO THE
QUALITY
PRODUCTS, HE SAID.
BETTER
TIME
THE IDENTIFY
VARIOUS STUDIES MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD COMMISSIONED FROM TIME TO
TO
DETERMINANTS TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S PERFORMANCE STRENGTH.
AND
OF
COMPETITIVE
"OF
PARTICULAR
RELEVANCE
TO
THE
IS THE PRIMARY OPTIMISING THE USE OF
LINKAGE INDUSTRY INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION STUDY LAUNCHED IN LATE 1990. ONE OF THE
IDENTIFY AIMS OF THIS STUDY IS TO
AUTOMATION IN INDUSTRY," HE SAID.
MR BARMA SAID THERE WAS
WAYS IN
ANOTHER STUDY
ON METALS AND LIGHT
ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES BEING PLANNED FOR 1991.
KEY
SECTORS
SUCH
AS
INDUSTRY LINKAGE "IN THIS STUDY, MANY ELECTROPLATING, MOULD MAKING AND HEAT TREATMENT, WOULD BE COVERED.
STUDIES WILL BE WIDELY "THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THESE
WILL ALSO BE CAREFULLY ANALYSED DISSEMINATED TO MANUFACTURERS, IT
ΤΟ WITHIN GOVERNMENT
PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING
HE SAID. SUPPORT SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THE INDUSTRY,
MR BARMA ALSO
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THIRD TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT WORK
SAID THAT PLANNING WORK ON BOTH THE
KWAN 0 AND THE INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TSEUNG CENTRE AT YAU YAT TSUEN HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD START SOON.
"UPON
COMPLETION
TECHNOLOGY-BASED ACCOMMODATION SPECIAL DEMANDS OF THE LINKAGE INDUSTRY.
"IN ADDITION, THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
AND IN PRODUCT
SERVICES
DESIGN
LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LATER THIS YEAR.
OF
THE
FACILITIES, WILL BECOME
CUSTOM-BUILT MORE AVAILABLE TO MEET
OR THE
CENTRE HAS DEVELOPMENT
AS
PLANS TO WELL
AS
"THESE SERVICES WILL
PROVIDED TO
THE LINKAGE
VOCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE
TRAINING
LABORATORY," MR BARMA SAID.
FURTHER ENHANCE THE INDUSTRY BY
HONG KONG
MANY THE
SUPPORT CURRENTLY PUBLIC-FUNDED
COUNCIL, PRODUCTIVITY
THE
COUNCIL
AND
THE
STANDARD
AND
CALIBRATION
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