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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1983

+THESE EFFORTS HAVE NOT BEEN UNREWARDED. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF THE COMPONENTS REQUIRED BY OUR ELECTRONICS SECTOR, WHICH USED TO BE IMPORTED, ARE NOW BEING DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED LOCALLY.

+HIGH FASHION GARMENTS DESIGNED AND MADE IN HONG KONG NOW HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION.

AN IN OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE UP MARKET THERE IS, IN HONG KONG, INCREASINGLY FRUITFUL COMING TOGETHER OF BUSINESS ACUMEN AND DESIGN TALENT, MR YAXLEY SAID.

NE DESCRIBED ASIA AS A MEETING GROUND FOR ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL CULTURES.

WITH THE INSPIRATION THIS BROUGHT. THERE WAS CLEARLY PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR DESIGNERS TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS OR COMBINE DIFFERNT TASTES, HE ADDED.

BUT HE WARNED THAT THERE HAD TO BE A CAREFUL ADAPTATION OF THOSE IDEAS TO THE HOME ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT CULTURAL INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED.

+WE AND OTHERS IN ASIA CANNOT RELY ON THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNS OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ALONE. WE MUST BUILD UP OUR OWN DESIGN CAPABILITIES AND PRODUCE NEW AND MARKETABLE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE COMPETITIVE IN TERMS OF UTILITY, PRODUCT APPEARANCE AND COST,+ MR YAXLEY CONCLUDED.

INTERPRETATION SERVICE WIDELY USED ******

THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME MARKED A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THE USE OF CHINESE AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE, MR CANICE MAK SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI KALFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION TODAY, MR MAK ADDED THAT THE CONFERENCE ROOMS OF THE 18 DISTRICT BOARDS WERE NOW FITTED WITH THE LATEST SIMULTANEOUS EQUIPMENT.

MORE THAN 90 GOVERNMENT BODIES, INCLUDING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL NOW USED THE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION SERVICE.

MR MAK EXPLAINED THAT CONSULTATION PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG, AND TO ENABLE THE SYSTEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS, WHETHER EXPRESSED IN CHINESE OR ENGLISH, COULD BE REFLECTED TO THE HIGHEST POLICY-MAKERS.

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