THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1993
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"UNLESS WE MAKE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO BUY AT PRICES THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY, WE WILL HAVE NO MANUFACTURES, 中央 HE SAID.
MR CHAU NOTED THAT INDUSTRY COULD FLOURISH IN THIS SITUATION BY BEING MORE COMPETITIVE.
"GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THAT ITS ROLE IS то PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH COMPETITIVENESS WILL THRIVE AND EFFORT WILL BE REWARDED. INDUSTRY MUST RECOGNISE THAT ONLY BY BASING ITS STRATEGIES ON IMPROVEMENT, INNOVATION AND WILLINGNESS TO COMPETE WILL IT SUCCEED.
"TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE, IT IS NECESSARY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO MARKET SIGNALS. IT IS NECESSARY, TOO, FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY," MR CHAU SAID.
RESPONSIVENESS WAS THE SECOND FEATURE OF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT, MR CHAU NOTED.
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"WE DO NOT JUST TELL INDUSTRY TO BE COMPETITIVE, THEN LEAVE TO GET ON WITH ITS BUSINESS IN ISOLATION. INDUSTRY NEEDS LAND, NEEDS TRAINED PEOPLE, NEEDS TECHNOLOGY, NEEDS INFORMATION AND, TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY IN WORLD MARKETS, NEEDS VIGOROUS DEFENCE AGAINST SPECIAL INTERESTS AND PROTECTIONISM, " HE EXPLAINED.
"GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED TO THESE NEEDS IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE то DO 80. WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF CONTACTS WITH INDUSTRY, CHIEF OF THESE BEING THROUGH THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND ITS INDUSTRY SPECIFIC COMMITTEES, THROUGH WHICH PROBLEMS AND SHORTFALLS CAN RAPIDLY BE DETECTED AND SOLUTIONS EXAMINED.
"OUR ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICES OVERSEAS KEEP CAREFUL WATCH ON POLICIES AND ACTIONS IN OTHER PLACES THAT MAY IMPINGE ON HONG KONG INDUSTRY. WHERE THREATS TO FREE COMPETITION APPEAR, WE CHALLENGE THEM ROBUSTLY, HE STRESSED.
TURNING TO THE THIRD FEATURE OF THE PARTNERSHIP, MR CHAU IT WAS ACTIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING.
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KONG'S MANUFACTURERS
"GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES THAT FEW OF HONG THE RESOURCES OR EXPERTISE ΤΟ INVESTIGATE OR DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCESSES FOR THEMSELVES.
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"FOR THIS REASON, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WAS SET UP AS FAR BACK AS 1967 TO HELP INTRODUCE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES TO LOCAL INDUSTRY.
"NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES REQUIRE LAND FOR NEW TYPES OF FACTORIES, AND REQUIRE PEOPLE WITH NEW SKILLS TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THEM.
"THROUGH THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDING LAND BETTER SUITED TO INDUSTRIAL NEEDS.
"THROUGH THE
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