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SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1983

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HONG KONG INDUSTRIALISTS FIND MISSION TO EUROPE FRUITFUL

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NINE LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS REPRESENTING A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES WHO TOOK PART IN A MISSION TO SWEDEN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, HAVE RECENTLY RETURNED WITH PLANS FOR POSSIBLE CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS.

THE 12-DAY MISSION, ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE TWO COUNTRIES WAS LED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PAUL WONG. OTHER OFFICIAL DELEGATES INCLUDED MR VIC MILLER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION AND MR JOHN LO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TEK DEVICES LTD.

+I CONSIDER THIS WAS A VERY USEFUL EXERCISE FOR HONG KONG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, + MR JOHN LO SAID.

+1 AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE MISSION WAS A SUCCESS, JUDGING FROM THE RESPONSE FROM THE OVERSEAS INDUSTRIALISTS. THE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS INDUSTRIALISTS HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP, HE ADDED.

COMMENTING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE MISSION, MR CHARLES LEUNG MANAGING DIRECTOR OF YING KEE SAFE AND FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO. LTD., SAID, I AM PLEASED WITH THE MISSION ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH ENABLE ME TO NEGOTIATE WITH OVERSEAS MANUFACTURERS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. MEANWHILE, WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH SEVERAL COMPANIES FOR CO-OPERATION IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SAFES OF SOPHISTICATED DESIGNS.+

+MY PARTICIPATION WAS VERY FRUITFUL. IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A NEW AREA OF TECHNOLOGY IN MACHINERY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION WHICH WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE CAPABILITY AND QUALITY OF OUR MACHINE TOOLS,+ MR C. CHIANG, DIRECTOR OF CHEN HSONG MACHINERY LTD., SAID.

THE ITINERARY OF THE MISSION INCLUDED SEMINARS IN STOCKHOLM, GOTHENBURG, STUTTGART AND MUNICH WHICH PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DELEGATION TO MEET WITH POTENTIAL PARTNERS.

DISCUSSIONS WERE ALSO HELD WITH THE SWEDISH TRADE COUNCIL, THE GOTHENBURG AND WESTERN SWEDEN GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE STUTTGART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE BAVARIAN STATE MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS AND TRANSPORT.

IN THE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS FOLLOWING THE SEMINARS, THE DELEGATES WERE ABLE TO FURTHER DISCUSS POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION ARRANGEMENTS.

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