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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1984

GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR PEKING

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT FOR PEKING THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON TO TAKE PART IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

SIR EDWARD WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO, AND THE VICE-CHIEF EDITOR OF THE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY (HONG KONG BRANCH),

MR TAN GAN,

FINANCIAL SECRETARY VISITS FACTORIES

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, CONTINUED HIS SERIES OF VISITS TO LOCAL FACTORIES TODAY (TUESDAY) AND WATCHED THE MAKING OF PRODUCTS RANGING FROM HIGH-PRECISION MACHINERY TO FURS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER JOHNSON, SIR JOHN VISITED ASM ASIA LTD. AND ASM ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION LTD. AT KUNG YIP STREET, KWAI CHUNG, WHERE THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR PATRICK LAM. THE TWO FACTOR IES ARE SUBSIDIARIES OF ASM INTERNATIONAL IN THE NETHERLANDS.

ASM ASIA LTD. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1975 TO PRODUCE HIGH-PRECISION METAL TOOL INGS AND MOULDS FOR MANUFACTURING SEMI-CONDUCTORS, AND TO PRODUCE PRECISION STAMPING OF LEAD FRAMES FOR MANUFACTURING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ASM ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION LTD., SET UP IN 1979, PRODUCES SEMI-AUTOMATIC AND AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT FOR ASSEMBLING SEMI-CONDUCTOR AND CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS. THE COMPANIES' PRODUCTS ARE DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE, BUT MAINLY TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ALSO VISITED THE HONG KONG FUR FACTORY LIMITED, IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, AND WAS SHOWN ROUND THE FACTORY BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR MICHAEL SUN, AND OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES.

THE HONG KONG FUR FACTORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1971 BY LOCAL INTERESTS. IT PRODUCES FUR JACKETS AND COATS FOR EXPORT TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.

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