XN000022-1983-03-22 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1983

MR DORWARD SAID THE PURPOSE OF REPRESENTATION BECAME MOST OBVIOUS IN A CRISIS OR AT THE POINT OF MAJOR DECISIONS, AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION WAS DONE BEFORE THESE AROSE.

+CONTINUOUS REPRESENTATION PERMITS THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, PROMOTES MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE, NOTABLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, TO TURN TO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICE AT THE CRITICAL TIME.

+TO BE EFFECTIVE, REPRESENTATION MUST BE HONEST, CONTINUOUS MADE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE TECHNICALLY COMPETENT ON TRADE ISSUES AND, MOST IMPORTANT, MADE TO THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS, HE SAID.

MR DORWARD SAID HIS OFFICE IN NEW YORK WOULD HAVE A PRESS SECTION SO THAT IT COULD DEVELOP PERSONAL CONTACTS IN KEY AREAS OF THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE SERVICE OFFERED AND ENCOURAGE REPORTERS AND EDITORS TO CALL FOR COMMENT AND CLARIFICATION WHEN A HONG KONG STORY CAME THEIR WAY.

HE SAID HIS OFFICE WOULD WORK CLOSELY WITH THE EXISTING HONG KONG REPRESENTATION IN THE US, NOTABLY THE OFFICES OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE TOURIST ASSOCIATION.

+WE WILL SEEK TO COMPLEMENT AND ASSIST IN EACH OTHER'S ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMON PROMOTION OF A FAVOURABLE IMPRESSION OF HONG KONG AMONG THOSE WHO MAKE THE DECISIONS, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, INDUSTRIAL OR POLITICAL, WHICH CAN HAVE A BEARING ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC WELL-BEING.+

MR DORWARD SAID THERE WERE NO DOUBT OTHER AREAS WHERE SIMILAR EFFORTS COULD USEFULLY BE MADE - JAPAN AND AUSTRALASIA FOR EXAMPLE - BUT PRIORITIES MUST BE SET TO MATCH RESOURCES, AND THE US AND THE EEC COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OF COURSE THE UK, WERE CLEARLY THE PRIME TARGETS.

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TO GROW DESPITE RECESSION

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DESPITE THE RECESSION PREVAILING IN SOME MAJOR WESTERN ECONOMIES, THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WILL PICK UP MOMENTUM WITH THE EXPECTED ECONOMY UPTURN IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND CONTINUE TO GROW IN SIZE AND SOPHISTICATION.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE 1982 MANPOWER SURVEY REPORT ON THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WHICH WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT MODERN PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND ADVANCED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN ADOPTED BY MANUFACTURERS TO BOOST THEIR PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND PRODUCTIVITY, INCREASE THEIR COMPETITIVENESS AS WELL AS TO MEET THE MARKET DEMAND.

/HOWEVER,