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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1981

+ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAJOR LOCAL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS, THE BOARD'S SECRETARIAT WILL EXAMINE HOW QUALITY ASSURANCE CAN BE PROMOTED AND MORE EXTENSIVELY INTRODUCED INTO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, AND ALSO HOW INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS ADOPTED ELSEWHERE CAN BE OBTAINED AND DISSEMINATED, SAID MR TSAO.

*SEVERAL PROPOSALS CONCERNING PRODUCT INNOVATION AND DESIGN- THE SETTING UP OF MICRO-PROCESSOR FABRICATION FACILITIES FOR THE ELECTRON ICS INDUSTRY AND AN APPLIED RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ARE ALSO BE ING CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD, MR TSAO ANNOUNCED.

THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING A RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERS IF ICATION. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IS THE CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS INCLUDE PROMINENT PERSONAL ITIES IN INDUSTRY, IN THE ACADEMIC FIELD, AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. IT IS SERVICED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY.

MAN OF YEAR AWARD FOR DR FANG ****

HONG KONG WAS HONOURED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY WHEN DR HARRY FANG MAS GIVEN A MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD AT A LUNCH AT THE SAVOY HOTEL IN LONDON AND WAS RECEIVED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MRS MARGARET THATCHER.

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DR FANG WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM HONG KONG TO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MAN OF THE YEAR TITLE ALONG WITH OTHER SUCH NOTABLES AS POLICE CONSTABLE PHILIP OLDS, WHO WAS CRIPPLED WHEN TACKLING GUNMEN, AND PC TREVOR LOCK WHO PLAYED A VITAL PART IN THE ENDING BY THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICES OF THE SIEGE OF THE IRANIAN EMBASSY.

DR FANG, A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, IS PRESIDENT OF REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL AND RECEIVED THE HONOUR FOR HIS WORK TO IMPROVE TREATMENT OF THE DISABLED ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS.

AS NEWSPAPERMEN CROWDED AROUND DR FANG, HE SAID THAT HE SAW THE AWARD AS AN HONOUR FOR HONG KONG IN GENERAL AS WELL AS FOR HIMSELF PERSONALLY.

THIS WAS BACKED BY MR GEORGE WILSON, DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, WHO SAID THAT THE AWARD REINFORCED THE MESSAGE THAT ACCEPTANCE AND REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED WAS A NEED WHICH CONCERNED THE WHOLE WORLD, NOT JUST THE WEST.

'DR FANG