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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1984

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PRODUCTIVITY ON THE RISE

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DESPITE GROWING COMPETITION FROM NEIGHBOURING AREAS, HONG KONG'S SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRIES HAVE MAINTAINED THE IR PROFITABILITY BY CONTINUOUS RESTRUCTURING AND REINVESTMENT TO RAISE PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF THE NEW FACTORY OF SOUTH SEA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. IN TUEN MUN.

+SOUTH SEA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING AND OUR SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRIES HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. SOUTH SEA'S DECISION TO INVEST SOME $64 MILLION IN THE MODERNISATION OF ITS SPINNING AND WEAVING OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG IS AN INDICATION OF BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN THE CONTINUING VIABILITY OF THIS INDUSTRY, MR HO SAID.

THE COMPANY'S NEW NINE-STOREY PURPOSE-BUILT FACTORY HAS

A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 32 500 SQUARE METRES. IT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE COMPANY'S SPINNING AND WEAVING OPERATIONS WHICH AT PRESENT ARE HOUSED IN TSUEN WAN.

+THE FACTORY'S RELOCATION TO TUEN MUN EARLY NEXT YEAR WILL PROVIDE FURTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TUEN MUN, AND THIS IS A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE LIST OF 1 500 LARGE AND SMALL INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN SET UP IN THIS FAST GROWING NEW TOWN,+ MR HO SAID.

CONTRACT AWARDED TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT

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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO SPEND $18.6 MILLION TO IMPROVE EMISSIONS FROM THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR.

A SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO JEBSEN AND COMPANY LTD BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS SIGNED BY MR GRAHAM OSBORNE, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND MR DIETER VON HANSEMANN, A VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMPANY.

THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE REPLACING THE MECHANICAL GAS CLEANING EQUIPMENT WITH THREE HIGHLY-EFFICIENT ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS AND INSTALLING A WASTE HEAT BOILER.

THE PRECIPITATORS WILL HELP REMOVE MOST OF THE DUST FROM THE FLUE GAS BEFORE DISCHARGE, RESULTING IN CLEANER EMISSIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE.

/THE DECISION

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