THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1991
"FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS WE HAVE DECIDED, ON THE ADVICE COMMITTER THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD, TO REFER THE MATTER TO THE ANTI-DULING PRACTICES POR CONCILIATION.
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ON
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE COMMITTEE WAS REQUIRED ΤΟ MEET WITHIN
30 DAYS TO REVIEW THE MATTER.
THE
IF, SUBSEQUENTLY, NO MUTUALLY AGREED SOLUTION WAS REACHED, COMMITTEE COULD BE REQUESTED BY EITHER PARTY TO THE DISPUTE TO ESTABLISH A PANEL TO EXAMINE THE MATTER.
SUCH A PANEL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GIVE ITS FINDINGS WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH COULD EXTEND FROM THREE TO NINE MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE, HE SAID.
MOVE TOWARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INEVITABLE
AND
THE MOVE 'TOWARDS SOUND QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ITERNATIONAL STANDARDS SUCH AS ISO 9000 IS AN INEVITABLE TREND, THE
TING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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MR WONG WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE LAUNCHING OF A JOINT PROGRAMME CALLED "COMPANY WIDE TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY PROGRAMME ON 190 9000 CERTIFICATION" ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG *-MARK GOUNCIL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.
HE SALD INTEREST IN QUALITY SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
HAD
"MANY OVERSEAS AND LOCAL BUYERS OF GOODS AND SERVICES ARE STARTING TO DEMAND THAT THEIR SUPPLIERS MEET THE ISO 9000 STANDARD BY SPECIFIC DATES.
"THIS DEMAND HAS ALSO BEEN REFLECTED LOCALLY ΕΝ THE INTEREST HOWN TOWARDS THE QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEME RUN BY THE HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY, HE SAID.
MR WONG SAID. COMPLIANCE WITH [ 80 9000 STANDARDS, AND ULTIMATELY CERTIFICATION BY THE HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY, MEANT A SUBSTANTIAL MONETARY INVESTMENT.
HE SAID THIS INVESTMENT WOULD BE IN AREAS SUCH AS EDUCATING COMPANY STAFF, AMENDING MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES, OR EVEN DEVISING A BRAND NEW QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEME FOR THE COMPANY.
"FOR COMPANIRA
WITHOUT
IN-HOUSE EXPERTISE ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT, COMPLIANCE WITH 180 9000 MOST LIKELY MEANS HAVING TO HIRE QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE COMPANY'S QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMME AND PREPARE THE COMPANY FOR ISO 9000 CERTIFICATION, HE SAID.
/MR WONG