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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1987

PROSPECTS FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES TO BE EXAMINED

A TOP OFFICIAL IN CHINA'S CHEMICAL INDUSTRY WILL SPEAK AT A MAJOR CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER WITH THE BACKING OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

THE CONFERENCE "PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG'S CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT" 19 BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG CHEMICAL SOCIETY. IT WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 11 AND 12 AT THE HOTEL VICTORIA.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF

INDUSTRY, MR IAN

HOWARD, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT MR ZHANG QINHAN, DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER IN THE MINISTRY OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF THE CHINESE STATE COUNCIL, WOULD PRESENT A KEYNOTE SPEECH ON THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF THE CHANGING POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG ON THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. MR ZHANG WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY PARTICIPATE IN GROUP DISCUSSIONS.

OTHER SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE PRESIDENT OF POLYTECH LABORATORIES OF THE UNITED STATES, MR KENNETH CRAVER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE CHINESE PETROLEUM CORPORATION IN TAIWAN, MR FRANK CHEN, AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.

MR HOWARD EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE 793 ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG PRODUCING CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS. LAST YEAR THE TERRITORY IMPORTED $21,227 MILLION WORTH OF CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, EXPORTS WERE WORTH $1,502 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $10,254 MILLION, GIVING A DEFICIT IN TOTAL TRADE OF $9,471 MILLION.

"THE CHEMICAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY CAN BE A STRONG ELEMENT IN ENSURING THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG, ** SAID MR HOWARD. "LIKE ANY SECTOR OF INDUSTRY, HOWEVER, THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO BE FACED AND THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT FORUM AT WHICH THESE CAN BE

CONSIDERED.

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REGISTRATIONS FOR THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ARE VERY ENCOURAGING, HE SAID, AND ALL MAJOR CHEMICAL COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG WILL BE REPRESENTED.

WORKSHOPS:

AND

ON THE CHANGING LIMITATIONS, AND

THE CONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE FOUR ENVIRONMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY, RESOURCES DIRECTION AND STRATEGY.

CHAIRMAN

MAN OF THE

THE OPENING CEREMONY HAMISH MACLEOD, WILL

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, AS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WILL OFFICIATE AT AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR SPEAK AT THE CLOSING SESSION.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE

CONFERENCE

ON 5-286136.

SECRETARIAT

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