XN000022-1986-03-16 — Page 2

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SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1986

BRITISH SIDE SATISFIED WITH JLG DISCUSSIONS

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THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IS CERTAINLY VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS ACHIEVED IN THE LATEST ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS, HEAD OF THE BRITISH TEAM, DR DAVID WILSON, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE LEAVING HONG KONG, DR WILSON SAID THEY HAD HAD A VERY USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE+ WEEK OF WORK IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

+ I HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN LONDON, WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES ACHIEVED SO FAR AND ON THE CO-OPERATIVE ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CARRYING OUT OUR DISCUSSIONS.

+AS FOR MYSELF LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO HONG KONG ON THE WAY THROUGH TO THE MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN PEKING LATER IN THE YEAR. SEE YOU ALL AGAIN EITHER THERE OR IN LONDON IN JULY,+ HE SAID.

DR WILSON WAS SEEN OFF BY THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR JOHN BOYD, THE SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES), MR PETER WILLIAMS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN.

DESIGN AID FOR HONG KONG INDUSTRY *****

A GOVERNMENT-BACKED COMPANY SET UP TO PROVIDE AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT INNOVATION SERVICE TO HONG KONG INDUSTRY WILL BE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED TOMORROW (MONDAY).

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR E.P. HO, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG DESIGN INNOVATION COMPANY LTD (HKDIC)+ WHICH IS CHARGED WITH THE TWIN MISSION OF INJECTING GREATER ORIGINALITY INTO THE DESIGN OF LOCAL PRODUCTS, AND ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS.

A PRIME AIM OF THE NON-PROFIT-DISTRIBUTING COMPANY IS TO ADD IMPETUS TO HONG KONG'S EFFORTS TO PROJECT A CLEARLY IDENTIFIABLE IMAGE IN ITS PRODUCTS AND TO ACT AS A CATALYST IN THE MOVE TOWARDS THE MANUFACTURE OF HIGHER QUALITY, UPMARKET GOODS.

STAFFED BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS UNDER THE COMPANY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, MR DOUGLAS TOMKIN, THE HKDIC PLANS TO ADOPT A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH TO ITS TASK IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION.

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