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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1982

COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY VISITS FACTORIES

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THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER TSAO TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED TWO FACTORIES ON TAJ PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AS PART OF HIS PROGRAMME OF REGULAR VISITS TO LOCAL INDUSTRY.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR B. TYLER, HEAD OF THE CALIBRATION

LABORATORY, MR TSAO VISITED M.C. PACKAGING (HONG KONG) LTD., WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR LIM SOON-CHONG AND OTHER SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT.

ESTABLISHED IN MAY 1978 WITH SINGAPORE INTEREST, THE PLANT IS ONE OF TWO FACTORIES IN HONG KONG MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE ALUMINIUM CANS FOR AERATED DRINKS. THE COMPANY ALSO PRODUCES CANS AND CONTAINERS MADE OF PRINTED TIN PLATE AND ALUMINIUM FOR OIL, GAS AND TALCUM POWDER.

OTHER PRODUCTS INCLUDE PLASTIC BOTTLES FOR OIL, SHAMPOO AND LIQUID DETERGENT, CAPS AND SEALS, CROWNS, EASY OPEN ENDS, PAPER DRUMS AND CANISTERS.

THE FACTORY, EMPLOYING 365 STAFF, SELLS MOST OF ITS PRODUCTS TO BREWERS AND SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURERS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

MR TSAO ALSO VISITED RCL-SEMICONDUCTORS LIMITED, WHERE HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR S.C. TSUI.

THE FACTORY, INCORPORATED IN 1979, IS ONE OF THE THREE COMPANIES GRANTED SITES ON TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO MANUFACTURE SILICON WAFER CHIPS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IN ITS ENVIRONMENT-CONTROLLED PLANT WHICH IS VIBRATION AND DUST FREE, AND FITTED WITH AN INDEPENDENT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM TO PROVIDE DE-IONISED AND DE-MINERALISED WATER.

AT PRESENT, MOST OF THE FACTORY'S PRODUCTION IS CONSUMED LOCALLY, BUT THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO EXPAND ITS MARKETS TO EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA.

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