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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1987

COMMENTING ON HIS VISIT THIS AFTERNOON, SIR DAVID SAID I'T WAS HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT FACTORIES IN HONG KONG AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY.

DAVID SAID IT BEING DONE IN

NOTING THAT IT WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT HONG KONG HAD ΤΟ TRY TO KEEP AHEAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY, SIR WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

GOVERNOR VISITS TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED TWO FACTORIES AT THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ΤΟ SEE FOR HIMSELF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SIR DAVID TOOK A HELICOPTER TO THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

INDUSTRY,

THE GOVERNOR WAS GREETED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MR TONY EASON, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CORPORATION, MR A.N. SAVAGE, WHEN THE HELICOPTER LANDED.

SIR DAVID THEN TOOK A ROUND TRIP THROUGH THE INDUSTRIAL AND WAS BRIEFED BY MR SAVAGE ON ITS DEVELOPMENTS.

ESTATE

HE THEN VISITED THE CHEN HISONG MACHINERY CO LTD WHICH PRODUCES PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINES INCLUDING COMPUTER-CONTROLLED ONES. SIR DAVID WAS RECEIVED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY MR CHIANG CHEN, AND SAW THE FACTORY'S NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINERY CENTRE, MASS PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY LINE AND MANUFACTURING OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS.

SIR DAVID THEN VISITED HONG KONG CAD-CAM SERVICES LTD WHERE HE MET THE COMPANY'S MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR GEORGE AU-YOUNG HONG LOK. THERE HE WATCHED A DEMONSTRATION OF COMPUTER-AID DESIGN AND COMPUTER-AID MANUFACTURE FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC MOULDS.

STILL

ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE MOULD AND DIE MANUFACTURERS RELY ON STANDARD MACHINERY, THERE IS A GROWING AWARENESS OF SOPHISTICATED FACILITIES SUCH AS CAD/CAM TECHNIQUES. THIS MODERN EQUIPMENT IS MAINLY USED BY MOULD MAKING WORKSHOPS IN LARGE FACTORIES WHICH REQUIRE PRECISION AND HIGHER QUALITY MOULDS.

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