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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987

"A TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDY ON THE ELECTRONICS UNDERTAKEN NEXT YEAR, WHICH SHOULD INDICATH SUPPORT IS NECESSARY AND, IF SO, WHAT KIND.

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INDUSTRY WILL BE WHETHER ADDITIONAL

MR BASON SAID THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WAS A SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY AT PRESENT PRECISELY BECAUSE OF ITS READINESS IN THE PAST TO ADAPT TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND TO INVEST IN NEW MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT.

"THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUSTRY FROM ITS KARLY DAYS, IN TERMS OF GROWTH, DIVERSIFICATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, HAS BEEN MORE SPECTACULAR THAN IN ANY OF HONG KONG'S OTHER MAJOR INDUSTRIES.

"IT IS, AFTER TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, HONG KONG'S SECOND LARGEST EXPORT EARNER, ACCOUNTING FOR ALMOST 22 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE TERRITORY'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND PROVIDING JOBS FOR NEARLY 90,000 WORKERS."

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IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, CHAU

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU,

A TODAY (WEDNESDAY) STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE FOR HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN

THE LANGUAGE HIGH STANDARD OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AS THE MEDIUM WAS

LIFE-BLOOD OF THE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE WHICH WAS THE

TERRITORY'S

PROPSERITY.

"ENGLISH IS

THE ALSO

MAJOR

INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE IN THE ONE FIELDS OF BANKING, FINANCE, INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND TOURISM; AND

RESOURCES, HONG OF THE REASONS WHY, IN SPITE OF OUR LACK OF NATURAL

HAS BREN OUR KONG HAS BECOME SUCH A SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

A RELATIVELY ABILITY TO PRODUCE A POOL OF EDUCATED PEOPLE POSSESSING HIGH STANDARD OF ENGLISH," MR CHAU SAID.

SPEAKING

AT

INSTALLATION

SAID:

PRESIDENTIAL

DINNER OF THE

THE

HONG OF

KONG, MR CHAU SOROPTIMIST CLUB

THE "I USE

WORD RELATIVE EASE WITH WHICH 'RELATIVELY' BECAUSE THE

FOREIGNERS CAN IS SURELY A FACTOR COMMUNICATE WITH HONG KONG COMPANIES AND PEOPLE

OUR CLOSEST COMPETITORS IN WHICH HAS GIVEN US AN EDGE OVER SOME OF THE REGION,

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MR CHAU SAID AN ASSET WHICH GAVE HONG KONG TRADE NEGOTIATORS DISTINCT ADVANTATE OVER MANY OTHER THIRD WORLD EXPORTERS WAS PRECISELY THE FACILITY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

/HE SAID