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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1987

+THE VERSATILITY OF THE HONG KONG ENTREPRENEUR, THE ABUNDANT RESOURCES OF CHINA, AND THE COMMON GOAL OF USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR ENSURING STEADY AND SUSTAINED INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, PROVIDE AVENUES FOR COLLABORATION WITH CHINA, WHICH SHOULD NOT ONLY BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, BUT ALSO HELP IN LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA, IN AND AFTER 1997, + HE SAID.

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PROF POON ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONSIDER SETTING UP TRAINING CENTRES TO TRAIN TECHNICIANS AND OTHER PERSONS TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRY.

+ LOCAL TRAINING FACILITIES SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTED BY OVERSEAS TRAINING COURSES SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS NECESSARY, ESPECIALLY WHERE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS INVOLVED,+ HE SAID.

TURNING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S NON-INTERVENTION POLICY, HE SAID THE POLICY WAS JUSTIFIED ON MANY GROUNDS BUT NON- INTERVENTION MUST NOT BE INTERPRETED IN A NEGATIVE SENSE.

+ AN EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION COMPATIBLE WITH THE NON-INTERVENTION POLICY, IS, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE IN THIS COUNCIL, THE SETTING UP OF A STERILISATION PLANT WHICH, I BELIEVE, WOULD FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

BETTER LABOUR RELATIONS COULD ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY

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THE STRENGTHENING OF LABOUR-MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION WAS THE KEY TO BETTER LABOUR RELATIONS THAT COULD ENHANCE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY, THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, MR TAM SAID ALTHOUGH GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS ALONE MIGHT NOT INCREASE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY, BUT WITHOUT IT, LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY DEFINITELY COULD NOT BE IMPROVED, RATHER IT WOULD BE REDUCED.

+ IF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ON GOOD TERMS. EVEN THE PRESENCE OF NEW MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVELY AS THEY SHOULD.

/+THE MOMENTUM