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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1981

A MANUFACTURER OF FOOD PRODUCTS WHO WAS LOOKING FOR A SUB-CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD USE HIS. HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES TO MANUFACTURE IN HONG KONG FOR EXPORT WORLDWIDE SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD FIND A SUITABLE PARTNER HERE. HE WAS ALREADY ARRANGING FOR DETAILED DISCUSSIONS TO TAKE PLACE SHORTLY.

ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE PLANNING TO CARRY OUT FURTHER MARKET STUDIES TO EVALUATE IN DEPTH THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THEM IN HONG KONG, BEFORE REACHING A DEFINITE DECISION.

THE PROGRAMME WAS ORGANIZED BY THE TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDED A BRIEFING ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOINT VENTURES, A VISIT TO THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORY VISITS FOR EACH DELEGATE FIRM.

THIS IS THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT MISSION FROM JAPAN SPONSORED BY THE BUSINESS COOPERATION COMMITTEES AND IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR WORK IN CREATING A NEW CLIMATE OF AWARENESS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES HONG KONG PRESENTS TO JAPANESE INVESTORS.

THE TICD IS ALSO CARRYING OUT A CONTINUING PROGRAMME OF INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSIONS TO JAPAN, WHILE THE HONG KONG COMMITTEE IS ABOUT TO PUBLISH A BOOKLET IN JAPANESE OUTLINING THE SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES OF 17 JAPANESE COMPANIES ALREADY OPERATING IN HONG KONG.

NEW SPIRIT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION **

THERE IS A NEW SPIRIT IN TECHNICAL STUDIES IN SCHOOLS THESE DAYS, NOTED MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, AT THE SPEECH DAY OF THE TANG SHIU KIN VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON.

*THE OLD-FASHIONED FILING OF BITS OF METAL AND PLANING OF LENGTHS OF WOOD HAS GIVEN WAY TO THE EXCITING CREATION OF ARTEFACTS IN CRAFT, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE OLDEST TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN HONG KONG, NOW REVITALISED IN THE NEW BUILDING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY OF SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, MR HAYE SAID THAT THE RECENT VISIT OF MR JOHN SWAIN, A SENIOR INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS FROM LONDON, HAD CONFIRMED HIS HIGH OPINION OF THE WORK BEING DONE AT THE SCHOOL.

+IT IS FITTING THAT THE TANG SHIU KIN VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHICH HAD PIONEERED TECHNICAL STUDIES IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE NEW PHILOSOPHY, HE SAID.

CRAFT, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY HAD BROUGHT TOGETHER THE AESTHETIC AND PRACTICAL IN AN EXCITING AND VITAL WAY WHICH HAD FIRED THE IMAGINATION OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN SCHOOLS.

+GONE ARE THE DULL OLD DAYS IN WORKSHOPS,+ MR HAYE SAID. +NOW CHILDREN ARE CREATING FURNITURE AND MODELS IN WOOD, METAL AND PLASTICS AND IN THE PROCESS LEARNING TO BE CREATIVE CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS.+

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