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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1987

NEED FOR INWARD INVESTMENT STRESSED

IMPROVEMENT,

TO STIMULATE THE THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES INWARD INVESTMENT

SECTOR PRIVATE

IN PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT, QUALITY PRODUCT INNOVATION AND ADAPTING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO SUIT THE OF THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY.

NEEDS

THIS WAS SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, K.Y. YEUNG, AT AN INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION SEMINAR IN BOSTON.

THE

+

ATTRACT

MR

BY

THE

AND TECHNICAL

THIS IS THE SECOND OVERSEAS SEMINAR WITHIN A WEEK ORGANISED

то

INWARD INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT INDUSTRIAL SECOTR, ESPECIALLY IN EQUIPMENT, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCT QUALITY.

A SEMINAR WITH THE SAME THEME WAS HELD IN LONDON ON MONDAY.

YEUNG SAID THAT ADDRESSING POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN BOSTON, MR

PROVIDES MANPOWER TO AID INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO TRAINING PROGRAMMES,

PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT AND QUALITY PROMOTION SERVICES.

AND

THE OPENING TRAINING IN SHEET METAL PROCESSING WAS COVERED BY

THE CURRICULUM OF A PRECISION TOOLING CENTRE IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

INSTITUTIONS FOR

HAS BBEN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

DESIGNING PRODUCTS MODIFIED TO PRODUCE INCORPORATING COMPUTER AND MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGIES, HE SAID.

IN

GRADUATES

EDUCATIONAL

OF CAPABLE

DESIGN

ENGINEERS PRACTISING

TO GO

THE

AND USE OF BEEN LAUNCHED, ADDED

11

"AND A TRAINING SCHEME TO ENABLE

IN THE

INVOLVED SKILLS ABROAD AND LEARN APPLICATIONS SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS HAS MR YEUNG,

NEW SERVICES THROUGH

MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS FUNDED TWO LAST YEAR TO HELP MANUFACTURERS ACHIEVE INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION THE APPLICATION OF CAD/CAM SYSTEMS AND TO APPLY PRECISION MACHINING.

ALSO

THE GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HONG KONG ACQUIRE PHOTOCHEMICAL

PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WILL MACHINING

AND ESTABLISH FACILITIES MOUNTING APPLICATION AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS DESIGN, FROM THIS YEAR ONWARDS.

LABORATORIES

SURFACE FOR

YEUNG MR

ON

INDUSTRY

PROVIDES

DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITATION SERVICES, CALIBRATION LABORATORY WHOSE

TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT THE ADVISES

PRODUCT

ALSO STANDARDS. IT RECOGNISED METROLOGY SERVICES AND LABORATORY THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S STANDARDS AND STANDARDS ARE ACCREDITED BY BRITAIN'S NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY.

EFFORTS STUDIES

MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE CORNERSTONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS A SERIES OF TECHNO-ECONOMIC OF MAIN LOCAL INDUSTRIES TO IDENTIFY THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.

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