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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1988

AND

PARTS,

"THERE ARE ALREADY QUITE A FEW NEW FACTORIES IN THE TAI PO

WHICH SPECIALISE IN PRECISION YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES COMPONENTS AND SPECIALISED MECHANISMS.

J

"THERE IS NO

DOUBT THAT THE

COLLECTIVE

PRESENCE FACTORIES HELPS SIGNIFICANTLY TO STRENGTHEN AND ENRICH OUR INDUSTRIES, HE STRESSED.

OF THESE SUPPORTING

OVERSEAS HONG KONG TO OPERATE

IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR MR YEUNG EXPLAINED THAT AN MANUFACTURERS TO INVEST AND TO SHARE THEIR TECHNOLOGY WITH WAS THAT THEY COULD GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEEDED IN THEIR BUSINESS.

ORDER

"THE

HIGHER THE

LEVEL

DEMANDING THEY WILL BE CONSULTANCY SERVICES AND LABORATORY FACILITIES.

OF TECHNOLOGY OF SUPPORT

TERMS

IN

INVOLVED OF TRAINED

THE MORE

MANPOWER,

"30 THE CURRENT THRUST PROGRAMMES

AIMED IS

AT

BOTH PROVIDING MANUFACTURERS, OVERSEAS, WITH A FULLER RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT SERVICES.

OF

OUR INDUSTRIAL

DEVELOPMENT

LOCAL

AND

THE

TRAINING PRECISION

"IN THE CASE OF METAL WORKING AND MACHINE SHOP OPERATIONS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL NOW OPERATES A PRECISION TOOLING

IN FOR TECHNICIANS CENTRE TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE MACHINING, WHILE THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL'S METALS IS ALSO BEING DEVELOPED AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY.

DIVISION

THE PLASTICS PROVIDE EFFICIENT THE LOCAL PLASTICS

AND

TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVE CONVERSION

"IN THE CASE OF PLASTICS CONVERSION,

ΤΟ CENTRE

BE ESTABLISHED WILL SUPPORT SERVICRS то INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRY, MR YEUNG SAID.

TI

CALL FOR PERMANENT INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT HOPES ΤΟ CONVINCE THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT A PERMANENT INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE (IES)

BE ESTABLISHED LATER SHOULD

THE YEAR,

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ANDREW LEUNG, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

THIS

ADDRESSING A ROTARY CLUB MEETING, MR LEUNG SAID THE PILOT IES SERVICE WOULD SCHEME NOW IN PROGRESS HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT PERMANENT BE WELCOMED BY MANUFACTURERS.

A PERMANENT SERVICE WILL ALSO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE BOTH IN MARKETING EXISTING SERVICES AND IN IDENTIFYING AREAS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY.

/"SO FAR,