SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1986
THE SERIES WILL LOOK AT MANUFACTURING SECTORS FOR WHICH CONSULTANCY STUDIES HAVE NOT BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE DEPARTMENT FROM OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS. IT WILL SEEK TO ESTABLISH THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE INDUSTRIES CONCERNED AND TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE FUTURE TRENDS.
AMONG THE PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED IN THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS STUDY ARE: COMPETITION AND LOW PROFIT MARGIN, PROTECTIONISM, PATENT AND COPYRIGHT DISPUTES, OVER-DEPENDENCE ON OVERSEAS SUPPLIES OF MOVEMENTS AND MODULE PARTS, A RELUCTANCE TO GO UP-MARKET, A LABOUR SHORTAGE, PARTICULARLY OF EXPERIENCED PRODUCT DESIGNERS.
COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT.
THE NEXT SURVEY WILL BE ON THE OPTICS AND PHOTOGRAPHICS INDUSTRY. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE REGULAR BIENNIAL SURVEY OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN MID 1986.
YOUTH BEHAVIOUR SURVEYED
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AN EXTENSIVE SURVEY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR OF LOCAL YOUTHS HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD'S WORKING GROUP ON PROBLEM YOUTH, MR MA YAT-CHEUNG, SAID: +AN INTERVIEW EXERCISE BASED ON A STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRE STARTED YESTERDAY, AND IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME, 5 000 YOUTHS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 21 WILL BE INTERVIEWED.
+OF THE SAMPLES SELECTED, 3 369 LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING,
1 318 IN PRIVATE HOUSING, AND 335 IN SQUATTER AREAS.+
SOME 150 VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN RECRUITED FROM YOUTH CENTRES AND CHURCHES TO CARRY OUT THE SURVEY.
MR MA ASKED YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT TO CO-OPERATE IN COMPLETING QUESTIONNAIRES WHEN APPROACHED BY INTERVIEWERS.
INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD. THE SURVEY SEEKS TO GAIN
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THE SO-CALLED PROBLEM YOUTHS, AND TO FACILITATE BETTER PLANNING FOR YOUTHS IN KWUN TONG.
/TC ARRITE
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