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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
NEED TO DIVERSIFY AND PRODUCE MORE HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS
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HONG KONG WILL NEED TO DIVERSIFY AND PRODUCE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES IN ORDER TO MEET ITS CHALLENGES OF INTENSIFIED COMPETITION FROM NEIGHBOURING MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES AND THE GROWING PROTECTIONISM IN OVERSEAS MARKETS.
THE HON. S.L. CHEN SAID THIS WHEN HE TABLED THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1977 AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. CHEN SAID IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INCREASED TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO INDUSTRY TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES, THE CENTRE BEGAN TO MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY BASED SERVICES.
AS A RESULT, HE SAID THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE WERE MORE SELECTIVE AND MORE CAREFULLY GEARED TO INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND THERE WAS A SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF THE CENTRE'S TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY AND ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SERVICES, WHICH WAS MATCHED BY AN INCREASED RESPONSE FROM INDUSTRY.
HE NOTED THAT DURING THE YEAR THE CENTRE CONDUCTED COURSES FOR NEARLY 6,500 PARTICIPANTS AND COMPLETED 117 CONSULTANCY AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE CENTRE WERE ALSO STRENGTHENED, +PLANS WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE YEAR FOR SETTING UP A PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UNIT WHICH WOULD BE REGARDED AS A PROTOTYPE FOR SEVERAL SIMILAR UNITS TO BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE CENTRE ON TOP ICS WHICH DESERVE HIGH PRIORITY IN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,+ MR. CHEN SAID.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CENTRE ACTED AS A CO-ORDINATING BODY FOR THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION CENTRE WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF OTHER OGANISATIONS AND HAS FORMULATED ITS THIRD FIVE-YEAR PLAN COVERING THE PERIOD 1977/82 WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING INDUSTRY WITH SHARPLY INCREASED TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES.
+GIVEN THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTINUED CO-OPERATION OF INDUSTRY, MR. CHEN SAID, +1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE CENTRE WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY A EVEN MORE EFFICIENT ROLE IN THE PRODUCTIVITY MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG.+
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