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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1994
MARKET
"COMMENCED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND RESEARCH STUDY ON HONG KONG'S PLASTICS INDUSTRY WILL BE COMPLETED
THE GOVERNMENT NOVEMBER AND A
SUBMITTED TO WILL BE REPORT CONSIDERATION.
"VIEWS OF MANUFACTURERS IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY WILL ALSO SOUGHT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT," SHE SAID.
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NO EFFORT IN MISS YUE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD SPARED PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS TO COPE WITH INCREASING COMPETITIONS FROM NEWLY INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES AND RISING CONSUMER DEMANDS.
FROM THIS SHE SAID A TOTAL OF $9 MILLION HAD BEEN ALLOCATED YEAR'S $180 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT TO FINANCE THREE PLASTICS INDUSTRY RELATED PROJECTS.
MILLION UP THE FIRST MATERIALISED
"A FOURTH PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE USE OF SOME $29 BY THE HKPC AND CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG TO SET RAPID PROTOTYPING CENTRE IN HONG KONG, WILL HOPEFULLY BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, MISS YUE SAID,
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WITH RAPID PLASTICS "THE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS
RESPOND PROTOTYPING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN MORE QUICKLY TO MARKET DEMANDS BY REDUCING THE LEAD TIME IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS,
SHE ADDED.
THE OF THE SUPPORT
SHE SAID A FURTHER $6 MILLION HAD ALSO BEEN RESERVED FROM
PLASTICS COMMITTEE FUNDS FOR THE $180 MILLION ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO FUND PLASTICS PROJECTS COSTING LESS THAN $1 MILLION EACH.
MISS YUB POINTED OUT THAT THE HKPC, WHICH WAS SUBSIDISED BY THE THE DESIGN GOVERNMENT, HAD PROVIDED A RANGE OF SERVICES RELATING TO AND PRODUCTION OF PLASTICS INJECTION MOULDS.
"AT THE SAME TIME, THE PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY
CENTRE HAS BEEN
PROVIDING EXPERT SERVICES TO THE SET UP SIX YEARS AGO," SHE SAID.
PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS SINCE IT WAS
PUBLICITY MATERIALS PRODUCED ON LIGHTER SCHOOL BAGS
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A PACKAGE OF PUBLICITY AND A STICKER FOR PUPILS, MATERIALS INCLUDING A POSTER, A LEAFLET
OF PUPILS' SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN A BID TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT BAGS.
BE
SCHOOLS
AND
OVERWEIGHT PREVENT
то DISTRIBUTED THE PUBLICITY MATERIALS WILL PARENTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF AN SCHOOL BAG ON A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT, AND TO RECOMMEND WAYS TO SCHOOL BAGS GETTING TOO HEAVY.
THE LEAFLET
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