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Government committed to supporting industries: FS
The key to improving the competitiveness of our manufacturing sector is technological innovation, the Financial Secretary, Mr Donald Tsang, said today (Thursday).
Speaking after a tour of the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre (HKITC), Mr Tsang said the Government was committed to supporting the further development of the manufacturing industries by providing the necessary infrastructure.
"The HKITC, established to facilitate the promotion of technological innovation and the application of new technologies, is an important part of the supportive infrastructure we provided for high-tech companies in Hong Kong.
"Other projects that are being planned, including the second technology centre, the science park, and the fourth industrial estate, will help to further promote technology upgrading in Hong Kong when they come on stream," he said.
Mr Tsang was accompanied by the acting Director-General of Industry, Ms Anissa Wong, during his visit. He was briefed by the Chief Executive Officer of HKITC, Dr James Liu, on the Centre's facilities and functions.
The Financial Secretary toured the Incubation Centre in the building, where high technology start-up companies were nurtured.
He also visited a number of tenants and incubatees of the Centre, including a company developing computer-aided design (CAD) software for the garment industry; a company specialising in multimedia computer graphics applications; a software consultancy firm specialising in the design and development of scheduling systems and a company specialising in developing CAD tools for three dimensional modelling.
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