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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1986

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TO COPE WITH THE CONTINUING EXPANSION IN REGISTERED TONNAGE AND OTHER INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES, ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES AND STAFFING SUPPORT ARE NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

FROM THE NEW HEADQUARTERS, SIR EDWARD PROCEEDED TO THE MACAU FERRY TERMINAL WHICH HE OFFICIALLY OPENED LAST SEPTEMBER, TO SEE THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MACAU FERRY TERMINAL BERTHING CONTROL, TERMINAL SERVICES, OPERATION AND SECURITY SUB-UNITS.

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SIR EDWARD THEN WENT TO THE PORT COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE. SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE CENTRE'S CONTINUOUS VHF RADIOTELEPHONE PORT OPERATIONS SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MARINE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE HARBOUR AND ITS APPROACHES.

THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PORT AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTRE.

KEY ROLE PLAYED BY ONE STOP UNIT'

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THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S ONE STOP UNIT HELPS INVESTORS, PARTICULARLY OVERSEAS INVESTORS, TO RESOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A MANUFACTURING OPERATION IN HONG KONG.

THIS WAS SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, AT A DINNER RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE JAPANESE DAI DO CONCRETE (H.K.) LIMITED.

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MR YEUNG SAID THESE INCLUDED PROBLEMS OVER THE AVAILABIL.IY AND COST OF INDUSTRIAL LAND, LABOUR, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FACILITIES- FIRE AND OTHER SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

THE WORK OF THE ONE STOP UNIT IS BACKED UP BY ALL OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC AND BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS.

THE UNIT IN TURN SUPPORTS THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S NETWORK OF FIVE OVERSEAS INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION OFFICES, ONE OF WHICH WAS SET UP IN TOKYO IN 1982.

+THE HISTORY OF DAIDO CONCRETE'S PRESENCE IN HONG KONG IN FACT, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SORT OF ASSISTANCE THE ONE STOP UNIT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE, MR YEUNG SAID.

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+AS A MATTER OF RECORD, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S FIRST CONTACT WITH DAIDO CONCRETE WAS IN EARLY 1981 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE BEEN CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THEIR HONG KONG OPERATIONS.+

MR YEUNG COMMENTED THAT HONG KONG HAD A BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ARGUABLY SECOND TO NONE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION.

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