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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1988

GREWAL VISITS INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT

THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT TO FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH ITS WORK.

HONG KONG

MR GREWAL FIRST VISITED THE CALIBRATION LABORATORY AND WAS MET BY THE HEAD OF THE

BRIAN TYLER.

STANDARDS AND LABORATORY, MR

MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THE MEASUREMENT STANDARDS LABORATORY PROVIDES PRECISION MEASUREMENT AND CALIBRATION SERVICES TO MANUFACTURERS.

THE

INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT

MR GREWAL THEN PROCEEDED TO HEADQUARTERS. ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR ANDREW LEUNG, HE TOURED THE "ONE-STOP" UNIT WHICH IS STAFFED BY SPECIALIST OFFICERS WITH INDUSTRIAL BACKGROUNDS TO HELP OVERSEAS INVESTORS SET UP

MANUFACTURING CONCERNS.

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MR GREWAL ALSO SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPUTERISED CENTRAL DATA BANK SYSTEM

A NETWORK OF FIVE WORK-STATIONS WHICH FACILITATES FAST AND ACCURATE UPDATING AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION.

CONCLUDING HIS TOUR, MR GREWAL WAS TAKEN TO THE PRODUCT STANDARDS LIBRARY WHICH KEEPS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT STANDARDS APPLYING IN HONG KONG'S MAIN MARKETS FOR THE REFERENCE OF MANUFACTURERS.

16 RESIDENTS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

FOR

SIXTEEN KWAI TSING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY OVER 10 YEARS WERE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR LEO KWAN, AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE CELEBRATION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KWAI TSING DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT OFFICE.

EIGHT OF RECIPIENTS ARE CHAIRMEN OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES. THEY ARE MR CHING TO-KEE, MR YIU YUK-LING, MR CHAN WING-CHEUNG, MR CHEUNG ON, MR TSANG KOON-HUNG, MR LAI

FEE. MS YIP SIU-YING AND MR LEE MAN-KEUNG. TWO ARE VICE-CHAIRMEN OF MUTUAL

COMMITTEES MR LO CHUNG-CHOW AND MR YIU YU-HUNG.

AID

THE REMAINING