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THE POLYTECHNICS AND UNIVERSITIES WILL DOUBLE THEIR OUTPUT ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS AT FIRST DEGREE AND POST-GRADUATE LEVELS IN 1988-89/1990-91 TRIENNIUM. THE CURRICULA OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

THEIR ALSO MODIFIED TO ENSURE

STUDENTS ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN

COMPUTER AND MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES.

IN ADDITION, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED A TRAINING SCHEME BY WHICH PRACTISING ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS MAY BE TRAINED ABROAD IN THE LABORATORIES OF THE MAJOR SEMICONDUCTOR MULTINATIONALS, SAID MR YEUNG.

SIMILAR TRAINING SCHEMES WILL BE EXTENDED INTO SUCH OTHER PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES AS SURFACE MOUNTING, AND PRODUCT TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS DIGITAL ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS, PATTERN RECOGNITION AND NETWORKING.

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OFFERS A FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTERISED DATA SERVICE COVERING OVER 20,000 FACTORIES WHICH CAN HELP BUSINESSMEN IDENTIFY POSSIBLE SUITABLE PARTNERS,

"LAST YEAR WE UNDERTOOK A SAMPLE SURVEY OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WITH FOREIGN INTERESTS, AND NEARLY HALF OF THOSE WHO RESPONDED SAID THAT THEIR BUSINESS WERE JOINT VENTURES INVOLVING HONG KONG PARTNERS,' HE SAID.

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CURRENT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING HONG KONG'S LINKAGE INDUSTRIES, WHICH

GENERALLY WEAK, WITH AN ADEQUATE RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES, SAID MR YEUNG.

MR YEUNG QUOTED THE EXAMPLES OF THE PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL'S METAL CONSULTANCY SERVICES.

MR YEUNG SAID THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S LINKAGE INDUSTRIES AND SOME JAPANESE FIRMS HAVE DIVERSIFIED INTO OTHER MANUFACTURES, OFTEN RELATED.

"HONG KONG HAS BECOME MORE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING PARTS AND COMPONENTS FOR MANY FINISHED PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR, OFFICE APPLIANCES AND AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT, EI ECTRONICS MODULES, ELECTRICAL MOST ENGINEERING PRODUCTS, HE ADDED.

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THERE ARE SOME 800 JAPANESE BUSINESSES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES IN HONG KONG. AND THE CUMULATIVE VALUE OF JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG, ESTIMATED AT

IS MILLION,

THE SECOND LARGEST IN ASIA AFTER INDONESIA, OR 3.5

CENT OF JAPAN'S TOTAL DIRECT OVERSEAS INVESTMENT.

$2,931

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