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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1983

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INDUSTRIAL MISSION TO SWEDEN AND GERMANY

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NINE HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW NIGHT (FRIDAY) ON A 12-DAY MISSION TO SWEDEN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

THE MISSION, ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, IS BEING LED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PAUL WONG, WHO IS ASSISTED BY TWO PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTS, MAJOR C.G. BERNARD AND MR JOSEPH YIP,

IT WILL ENABLE LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS TO MEET POTENTIAL PARTNERS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

THEY WILL SPEND THE FIRST WEEK IN SWEDEN BEFORE VISITING THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED TO ENABLE MISSION PARTICIPANTS TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES OF JOINT VENTURES, LICENSING OF TECHNOLOGY KNOW-HOW AND SUBCONTRACTING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN STOCKHOLM AND GOTHENBERG, AS WELL AS IN STUTTGART AND MUNICH.

THE NINE INDUSTRIAL ISTS ARE REPRESENTING THEIR OWN COMPANIES, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM COMING FROM THE ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES. THE OTHERS PRODUCE INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES, SAFES, FIRE-PROOF FILING CABINETS, FURNITURE, CABLE AND UNIFORMS.

DURING THE MISSION, FOUR INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT SEMINARS WILL BE HELD IN CO-OPERATION WITH SWEDISH AD GERMAN GOVERNMENT TRADE AND INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS.

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SENT TWO SIMILAR MISSIONS TO THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.

BOTH RETURNED WITH +VERY ENCOURAGING RESULTS+, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

CHIEF SECRETARY IMPRESSED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY WAS IMPRESSED BY THE MUCH-IMPROVED ENVIRONMENT IN THE HANG ON STREET REAR LANE IN KWUN TONG WHICH, JUST A MONTH AGO, WAS CRAMMED WITH SQUATTER HUTS POSING SERIOUS FIRE HAZARDS AND OTHER NUISANCES TO NEARBY RESIDENTS.

DURING A TOUR OF THE AREA, SIR PHILIP LEARNED THAT THE LANE WOULD SOON BE TURNED INTO A REST GARDEN FOR THE LOCAL PEOPLE.

CLEARANCE OF THE STRUCTURES, CARRIED OUT A FORTNIGHT AGO, WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

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