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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1991
MR WONG SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE DECISION IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO TAKE.
AND
"HOWEVER, AUTOMATION IS NOT ALWAYS COSTLY IF ONE STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT AN AUTOMATION PLAN SENSIBLY AFTER ALL, INVESTMENT OF THIS NATURE IN THE LONG RUN, MR WONG SAID.
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TO AUTOMATE
HAS A SOUND INCREMENTALLY.
SHOULD GENERATE BETTER RETURN
HK POSSESSES QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE
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A QUALITY
WORLDWIDE, THE ASSISTANT EVANS,
ERNEST
THE LAST DECADE HAS ENDED WITH HONG KONG POSSESSING INFRASTRUCTURE EQUAL TO THE BEST AVAILABLE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
(QUALITY
MR SERVICES).
MR EVANS, WHO WILL SOON RETIRE FROM THE REMARKS WHEN HE OPENED THE INTERNATIONAL THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION CENTRE.
THE
SERVICE,
CIVIL
MÅDE TOY SAFETY SEMINAR AT
HAD BEEN IMPLEMENT
YEARS,
DURING WHICH HE HE NOTED THAT THE LAST 10
SERVICES, STARTED WITH A TASK TO INVOLVED IN QUALITY
PUT BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON QUALITY-RELATED PROPOSALS FIRST DIVERSIFICATION.
OF THE HOWEVER, MR EVANS SAID THE FACT THAT HONG KONG HAD ONE
MAJOR LABORATORY MOST ADVANCED MEASUREMENT STANDARDS CAPABILITIES, A
SCHEME BY WORLD ACCREDITATION
AND STANDARDS
A CERTIFICATION то ISO
DID NOT ORGANISATION AVAILABLE TO ACCREDIT COMPANIES MEAN THAT ALL OUR GOODS WERE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS.
9000,
HAVE
"WHILE IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT QUALITY STANDARDS GENERALLY
OVER RECENT YEARS, THERE RISEN DRAMATICALLY
IS STILL SCOPE FOR
CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS, HE SAID.
FOR
MR EVANS SAID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HONG KONG HAD BEEN RUNNING A SAMPLE TESTING SCHEME FOR TOYS AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS DESTINED THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS.
YEARS HAS "A SURVEY OF OUR TEST RESULTS THROUGHOUT THE THAT THE OVERALL DEFECT RATE HAS INCREASED STEADILY," HE SAID.
HOWEVER, THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED IN THE TERRITORY, THE DEFECT DRAMATICALLY.
SHOWN
FOR THOSE
PRODUCTS RATE HAD REDUCED
KONG
"THIS MEANS THAT THOSE GOODS MANUFACTURED OUTSIDE OF HONG AND BROUGHT HERE FOR RE-EXPORTING CONTAIN THE BULK OF THE DEFECTS.
POORLY "I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT THIS REFLECTS
ON HONG KONG'S WE DON'T QUALITY IMAGE TO OUR OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS, WHEN REALISTICALLY DESERVE IT.
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