XN000022-1981-11-12 — Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1981

2

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD GIVES PROGRESS REPORT

****

THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD ESTABLISHED A YEAR AGO TO PLAN, TO MONITOR AND TO ADVISE ON VARIOUS PROGRAMMES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT - NOT ONLY LOOKS BACK ON A NUMBER OF ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ALSO FORWARD FROM A SOLID FOUNDATION TO PROGRESS IN THE COMING YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

VARIOUS PROPOSALS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WERE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. THEY INCLUDED:

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS CALIBRATION LABORATORY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY-

QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES-

* TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES FOR INDUSTRY-

* FACILITATION OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER-

*

*

*

A TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDY ON THE ELECTRONICS

INDUSTRY-

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MICRO-PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY- AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS OF SIR FREDERICK WARNER'S REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN HONG KONG AS FALL WITHIN THE BOARD'S TERMS OF REFERENCE.

+SOME OF THE PROPOSALS CONSIDERED OR ENDORSED BY THE BOARD ARE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED, SAID MR TSAO. +WE HAVE ALREADY APPOINTED AN OFFICER TO BE THE HEAD OF THE CALIBRATION LABORATORY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN 1983.+

+ THE BOARD ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR INDUSTRY SERVICES, CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT SCIENCE ADVISER, AND THE COMMITTEE IS ÉXPECTED TO START WORK NEXT MONTH.

+TWO PROPOSALS BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE AND ENDORSED BY THE BOARD, ONE FOR A TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDY ON THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AND ANOTHER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MICRO-PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY, ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE,+ SAID MR TSAO, WHO ACTS AS THE BOARD'S SECRETARY.

BESIDES CONTINUING ITS EXISTING ACTIVITIES, IN THE COMING YEAR THE BOARD'S NEW ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO INCLUDE THE PROMOTION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE, AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK,

/+IN JONJUNCTION