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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994
HK: A HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURING CENTRE
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HONG KONG HAS THE CULTURE, PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH
ENTREPRENEURS HAVE ESSENTIAL FOR HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURING AND ITS MADE QUALITY CHANGE OVER THE YEARS POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
ARE
HON
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE 1994 GOVERNOR'S AWARDS INDUSTRY, MR PATTEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN PLAYING ITS PART ENSURE QUALITY PEOPLE AND A QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR
ΤΟ
HE NOTED THAT SOME 7,500 FIRST DEGREE STUDENTS WERE EXPECTED TO FROM THE GRADUATE IN 1997, COMPARED WITH JUST OVER 2,000 GRADUATES TERTIARY INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG
MORE
IN 1989.
LAST
TECHNOLOGY MONTH, MR
LAND HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH INDUSTRIES IN THE TSEUNG KWAN O INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PATTEN SAID.
AVAILABLE "EARLIER THIS MONTH, 20,000 SQUARE METRES HAD BECOME FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED ENTERPRISES IN THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE.
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"THIS IMPROVE AND
APPLIED RESEARCH HAS ALSO RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIAL BOOST.
ΤΟ PROJECTS YEAR, WE
$180 ARE DISBURSING
FOOD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED ELECTRONICS,
IP
FOR MILLION AREAS AS DIVERSE AS IN HE SAID.
'NEXT YEAR, WE WILL ESTABLISH THE APPLIED RESEARCH CENTRE INITIAL FUNDING OF $50 MILLION.
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WITH
HAD ENTREPRENEURS
SEIZED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES то
ALREADY
MR PATTEN SAID HONG KONG'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT LOW VALUE-ADDED CHINA.
'THE CHALLENGE NOW IS TO SECURE A LASTING ADVANTAGE BY A MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN HONG KONG.
FORGING
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"THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S AWARD AUGUR WELL FOR THE FUTURE INDUSTRY HERE, HE SAID.
OF
THE GOVERNOR'S
AWARDS
OF HONG
KONG
FEDERATION ASSOCIATION, THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT
FOR INDUSTRIES,
WAS INDUSTRY
THE CHINESE
ORGANISED
BY MANUFACTURERS'
THE
COUNCIL,
THE INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT
AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR COMMITTEE IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
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