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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

"

INDEED I WOULD URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO ATTEND TO THIS WITH THE GREATEST URGENCY," HE SAID.

"IF INDUSTRIALISTS AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS MAKE THE EFFORT то OBSERVE THE APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS AND REFRAIN FROM POLLUTING THE WATERS, IT IS THEN ONLY TO BE EXPECTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO ESTABLISH FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS TO INTERCEPT DOMESTIC SEWAGE TO AS 99 PER CENT EFFICIENCY.

"

AS

MUCH

STEPS TO ALLEVIATE LABOUR SHORTAGE OUTLINED

THAT SUSTAINED

ΤΟ SOLUTION

PRODUCTIVITY

GROWTH,

PROVIDES

SHORTAGE

SAID

THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES COUPLED WITH FLEXIBILITY OF ADJUSTMENT IN THE LABOUR MARKÉT, THE CURRENT LABOUR THE ONLY REAL AND LASTING

MR K.Y. YEUNG, PROBLEM, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

DETERMINANTS

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON

то THE FIVE YEARS 1982-83 SAJD IN

$7.2 MILLION AND SPENT ABOUT COMMITTED ABOUT TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES OF MAJOR INDUSTRIES WHICH SEEK TO

OF AND CONSTRAINTS

HELMUT SOHMEN, MR

THE GOVERNMENT 1986-87,

$4 MILLION

YEUNG

HAS ON

INVESTIGATE

UPON

THE

GROWTH

OF

MAJOR

INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH.

+

"WHERE PRODUCTIVITY

BARRIERS, THE

GROWTH HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED GOVERNMENT MAY TECHNOLOGICAL

COMMISSION SPECIFIC WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS,

WOULD THAT

HELP THEM TO

THE INCREASE INDUSTRIES WITH TECHNOLOGY QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THEIR OUTPUT.

BY

"A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION HAS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

REEN SPENT ON THESE

PROJECTS

TE

MR YEUNG SAID HKPC IS THE PRINCIPAL PUBLIC PROVIDING PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT SERVICES.

SECTOR AGENCY FOR

BY THE $77

EXPENDITURE 1986-87, "OVER THE FIVE YEARS 1982-83 TO HKPC TOTALLED $246 MILLION, RISING FROM $33 MILLION IN 1982-83 TO MILLION IN 1986-87."

INCREASE IN THE HKPC'S EXPENDITURE

IN ITS

EVEN GREATER ACTIVITIES,

MR YEUNG SAID WHILE THE

EXPANSION CONSIDERABLE REFLECTS EFFORT WILL BE MADE IN THE FUTURE TO ENCOURAGE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH MANUFACTURING.

IN

"THIS EFFORT