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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987

PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL SERVICES TO BE EXPANDED

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THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD

TODAY (IDB)

(WEDNESDAY} PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (HKPC) TO ENDORSED PROPOSALS BY THE HONG KONG

GREATER STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND ITS SERVICES TO HELP INDUSTRIES ACHIEVE PRODUCTIVITY AND BETTER QUALITY.

BOARD, MR

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, PIERS JACOBS, POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASING COMPETITION BOTH FROM THOSE COUNTRIES INVESTING IN PRODUCTIVITY AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS, WITH SIGNIFICANT LOWER LABOUR COSTS.

FACED GREATER

AS WELL AS COUNTRIES

REMAIN COMPETITIVE, THEY

ΤΟ ARE "IF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES MUST RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION BY STRIVING FOR IMPROVED QUALITY AND PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION.

WITH IN LINE

THE

GREATER PRODUCTIVITY,

WHICH APPROACH, TRADITIONAL FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES, THE

GOVERNMENT'S

то

SEEKS TO AVOID FAVOURABLE TREATMENT HKPC HAS

SOUGHT INITIALLY MANUFACTURING-WIDE ISSUES.

PROVIDE

SERVICES ADDRESSING

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"FOR TWO REASONS, THIS

APPROACH NEEDS TO BE

MODIFIED,

MR

JACOBS SAID.

"FIRST, MANUFACTURING-WIDE POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR

ISSUES,

EXAMPLE,

AUTOMATION

A

AND

OF

SUCH AS OFTEN INVOLVE

VARIETY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ARISING FROM

NOT ALWAYS WITHIN THE EXISTING CONSTRAINTS ON MANPOWER, THE HKPC HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MANUFACTURING-WIDE SERVICES.

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'SECONDLY, DESPITE

SHOULD BE DEVOTED

THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT PUBLIC FUNDS TACKLING MANUFACTURING-WIDE PROBLEMS, MAINLY TO

HAS BEEN ASKED ΤΟ MANY OF THE PRODUCTIVITY-RELATED ISSUES THE HKPC ADDRESS ARE INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC IN NATURE.

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CONSEQUENCE,

THE

НКРС SERVICES AND A

HAS HAD NUMBER OF

DEVELOP

то AD HOC SPECIALISED

BOTH

IN MANUFACTURING-WIDE

SERVICES.

YEARS HAVE THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES COMMISSIONED IN RECENT

KONG'S UNDERLINED THE FACT THAT THE CONSTRAINTS ON THE GROWTH OF HONG

PROBLEMS AS WELL MAJOR INDUSTRIES OFTEN STEM FROM INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC AS FROM MANUFACTURING-WIDE ISSUES.

UNDERGO ONE INDUSTRY

AS MANY END PRODUCTS INCORPORATE SEVERAL MATERIALS AND SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, THE LACK OF CAPABILITY IN CAN IMPEDE THE GROWTH OF ANOTHER.

INDUSTRIES,

BETWEEN "GIVEN THE HIGH DEGREE OF INTERDEPENDENCE IMPROVEMENTS IN ONE INDUSTRY CAN HAVE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON OTHERS.

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