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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1984

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SIR PETER VISITS FACTORIES

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER, TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY AND A GARMENT FACTORY IN KOWLOON.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY MR JOHN YAXLEY.

SIR PETER FIRST TOURED ELEC AND ELTEK CO. LTD. IN SAN PO KONG, WHERE HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTORS, MR WILSON TAM AND MR MARCUS TSANG AND ITS DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER, MR JETT FUNG.

ELEC AND ELTEK CO. LTD. IS A LEADING ELECTRONICS FACTORY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA, ENGAGING IN THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE OF HIGH PRECISION PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND TELE- COMMUNCATION EQUIPMENT WHICH IT MARKETS WORLDWIDE.

MAJOR PRODUCTS INCLUDE DOUBLE-SIZED HIGH DENSITY AND MULTI- LAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, CORDLESS PHONES, FEATURE PHONES AND MINI-MODEMS.

THE COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN 1981, IS A CONGLOMERATION OF THREE LOCALLY-OWNED ELECTRONICS FIRMS WHICH HAD OPERATED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

IT OPERATES ON A 27 870 FORCE OF OVER 3 000.

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SQUARE METRE PREMISES WITH A WORK

THE PARTY THEN VISITED A SMALL-SCALE GARMENT FACTORY IN YIP ON FACTORY ESTATE AT KOWLOON BAY.

AFTER A BRIEFING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S FLATTED FACTORY ESTATES BY THE CHIEF HOUSING MANAGER OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, MR Y.C.So, SIR PETER TOURED NGAI FAT GARMENT FACTORY WHERE HE WAS GREETED BY THE FACTORY'S PROPRIETOR, MR S.C. LAI.

THE FACTORY OCCUPIES TWO UNITS OF THE ESTATE AND EMPLOYS ABOUT 10 WORKERS, PRODUCING TROUSERS AND JEANS MAINLY FOR EXPORT,

SPEAKING TO PRESS REPRESENTATIVES, SIR PETER SAID HE WAS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY.

THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE INDUSTRY HERE MUST BE BASED ON FREE ENTERPRISE WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE AFTER 1997, SIR PETER SAID.

ASKED ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIONS ON HIS VISITS TO THE TWO FACTORIES, SIR PETER SAID THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS HE HAD SEEN WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE AND WOULD MATCH SIMILAR PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED ELSEWHERE.

HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE OWNER OF THE GARMENT FACTORY FOR STARTING HIS BUSINESS IN A SMALL WAY.

SIR PETER SAID MANY SMALL BUSINESSES HAD BECOME LARGE ONES. AS AN EXAMPLE, HE CITED THE JAGUAR MOTOR CAR COMPANY IN HIS CONSTITUENCY WHICH WAS STARTED BY ONE MAN IN A SHED.

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