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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1985

SIR JOHN VISITS TWO FACTORIES

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAW THE PRINTING OF BANKNOTES WHEN VISITING THOMAS DE LA RUE (HONG KONG) LIMITED ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE,

SIR JOHN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER JOHNSON, THEY WERE WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL BY THE COMPANY'S DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER, MR RONALD DICKINSON. THE BRITISH-OWNED THOMAS DE LA RUE (HONG KONG) LIMITED WAS ESTABLISHED IN AUGUST 1982. THE FACTORY, ALSO PRINTS OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS.

SIR JOHN ALSO VISITED THE CARLSBERG BREWERY HONG KONG LIMITED ON THE SAME INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. HE WAS SHOWN THE BREWING PROCESSES BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, MR FLEMMING WITH-SEIDEL IN AND THE TECHNICAL MANAGER, MR FLEMMING ELDON.

ESTABLISHED IN 1978, CARLSBERG IS A DANISH-OWNED BREWERY WITH A FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 20 000 SQUARE METRES. ITS BEER IS FOR BOTH LOCAL CONSUMPTION AND EXPORT TO SINGAPORE, MACAU AND CHINA.

MANUFACTURERS BRIEFED ON CHINA TRADE

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MORE THAN 90 MANUFACTURERS AND FACTORY OWNERS IN SAN PO KONG WERE TODAY (THURSDAY) BRIEFED AT A LUNCHEON SEMINAR ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ESTABLISHING TRADE IN CHINA,

THE SEMINAR, SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL AND HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

WITH AN AIM OF PROMOTING HONG KONG'S TRADE, THE SAN PO KONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE ORGANISED TODAY'S SEMINAR TO PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS IN THE AREA WITH THE LATEST MARKET INFORMATION.

SPEAKERS FROM TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WERE MR T.S. CHOW AND MR W.H. WONG, MR CHOW TALKED ABOUT TDC'S SERVICES AND ITS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CHINA, WHILE MR WONG TALKED ABOUT HOW TO PENETRATE THE CHINA MARKET.

FROM THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WERE MR ANDY NG WHO SPOKE ON THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL AND MR S.S. CHIU ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND WAYS TO DEAL ITH POLLUTION PROBLEMS.

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