FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1986
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INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA
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TWO OFFICERS OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (FRIDAY) ON A MISSION TO AUSTRALIA TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
THE TWO ARE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR IAN HOWARD, AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ONE STOP UNIT+, MR JOSEPH YIP.
THEY WILL VISIT THE STATES OF VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA FROM NOVEMBER 24 TO DECEMBER 6, CALLING ON A NUMBER OF PRE-SELECTED COMPANIES TO TELL EXECUTIVES OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT HONG KONG OFFERS AS AN OFFSHORE MANUFACTURING BASE.
THEY ALSO INTEND TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH COMPANIES PRODUCING CHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS, ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL GOODS, METAL AND MACHINERY PRODUCTS, PROCESSED FOODS, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND OTHER LIGHT TO MEDIUM ENGINEERING GOODS.
IN ADDITION, THE TWO OFFICERS WILL RENEW CONTACTS WITH COMPANIES KNOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT AS CONSIDERING EXPANDING MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES TO HONG KONG.
BESIDES THIS, THEY WILL CALL ON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS AND BANKS TO EXPLAIN HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION POLICY AND ACTIVITIES, AND TO MEET POTENTIAL INVESTING COMPANIES REFERRED BY THOSE ORGANISATIONS.
REGULAR INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSIONS TO AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SINCE 1976. THE THIRD MISSION THIS YEAR.
THIS IS
AUSTRALIA RANKS EIGHTH AMONG OVERSEAS COUNTRIES INVESTING IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, WITH A TOTAL OF 27 ESTABLISHMENTS AND TOTAL INVESTMENTS VALUED AT ABOUT $189 MILLION.
ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION STARTS TOMORROW
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NORTH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE HAZARDS OF SMOKING DURING AN ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION WHICH OPENS TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
FEATURING PICTURES, POSTERS AND A SLIDE PRESENTATION ON THE EFFECTS OF NICOTINS TO HEALTH, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE STAGED FOR TWO DAYS AT THE PODIUM OF CHOI YUEN ESTATE.
/ON MONDAY
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