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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1991
THE TERTIARY TRIENNIUM WILL BE
"ACCORDINGLY, GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AT INSTITUTIONS HAS INCREASED FROM $120 MILLION IN THE 1988/91 TO $400 MILLION FOR 1991/94. THIS IS ON TOP OF FUNDING WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE APPLIED R&D SCHEME, HE SAID.
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BENEFITTED
MR WONG SAID HONG KONG HAD
CONSIDERABLY IMPORT OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE PAST, AND WAS BOUND TO CONTINUE ON THE ADAPTATION OF OVERSEAS TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE.
FROM
THE
RELYING
ECONOMY AND ITS "GIVEN THE DIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S
LIMITED ΤΟ ENRICH HONG RESOURCES, PROMOTION OF INWARD INVESTMENT IS CRUCIAL KONG'S INDUSTRIAL BASE WITH NEW OR IMPROVED PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES.
"GOVERNMENT IMPOSES NO RESTRICTION ON THE IMPORT OF TECHNOLOGY, OR DISINCENTIVES SUCH AS MINIMUM LOCAL EQUITY PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS.
"THUS, BUSINESSMEN CAN SOURCE THEIR THEY CHOOSE, HE SAID.
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TECHNOLOGY FROM WHEREVER
ON BY
MR WONG ADDED THAT WHILE THIS PROCESS WAS LARGELY DEPENDENT
SECTOR REQUIREMENTS,
ITS PART PRIVATE
THE GOVERNMENT PLAYED
AS THE HONG KONG FUNDING SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS, SUCH
KONG PRODUCTIVITY
BY SEEKING TO: COUNCIL, TO ACQUIRE AND DISSEMINATE NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
TECHNOLOGIES, AND ATTRACT INWARD INVESTORS WHO COULD BRING IN USEFUL BY PUBLICISING TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITIES.
MARINE DEPT APPEALS FOR WITNESSES
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS
APPEALING FOR WITNESSES
TO ASSIST
WITH THE PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING THE HONG WOODEN WORKBOAT IN KONG-REGISTERED CATAMARAN "VASCO DA GAMA" AND A THE MACAU OUTER HARBOUR APPROACH CHANNEL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER YEAR.
F
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY):
Į SAILING ΤΟ "WE WISH TO APPEAL FOR PASSENGERS ON BOARD VASCO DA GAMA
THE ACCIDENT TO COME HONG KONG FROM MACAU AT ABOUT 3.15 PM WHO SAW FORWARD.
"PERSONS WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT, OR RELEVANT INFORMATION, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE INQUIRING CAPTAIN KENNETH YEOMANS, ON TEL. 852 4513.
"
HAVE ANY
OTHER OFFICER,
WORKBOAT
THE CREW OF THE CATAMARAN AND THREE OF THE MEN ON THE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED.
OFFICERS OF THE MACAU MARINE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER YEOMANS HAVE VISITED THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT SO THAT
THE CONSTRUCTION WORK COULD FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH MACAU-TAIPA BRIDGE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT.
CAPTAIN
WITH
THE
CAPTAIN
FOR
THE NEW
/THE PRELIMINARY