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TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1988

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SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY UNDER STUDY

THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS STUDYING AREAS ON WHICH GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOCUS ITS SUPPORT FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

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MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF SOUTH KOWLOON AND THE BEACON HILL LIONESS CLUB.

"THE GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL POLICIES ARE SUPPORTIVE, NOT INTERVENTIONIST, AND THEY ARE NOW MUCH MORE ACTIVE THAN IN RECENT YEARS, HE SAID.

THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS NOW LOOKING AT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.

SAYING THAT HE WAS SPEAKING PERSONALLY, AND NOT ON BEHALF OF BOARD MEMBERS, MR YEUNG SAID THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS OF ACTIVITY REQUIRING PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.

"ONE OF THESE IS THE PROVISION OF AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL LAND.

"A SECOND IS MANPOWER TRAINING, PARTICULARLY WITH A VIEW TO CREATING A LARGER POOL OF PEOPLE WHO COULD HELP OVERCOME THE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING UP-MARKET.

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"A THIRD AREA SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE EXTENSIVE DEGREE OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING HIGHER LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND OF MAXIMISING OUR LIMITED MANPOWER RESOURCES.

"FINALLY, IT SEEMS THAT THERE 15 SCOPE FOR ENCOURAGING OUR MANUFACTURERS TO BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED FOR ACHIEVING THEIR QUALITY, NOT JUST IN TESTING OF PRODUCTS BUT IN EVERY ASPECT OF ACTIVITY RANGING FROM DESIGN TO PRODUCTION AND TO MARKETING.

"THIS IS BECAUSE CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENTS ALIKE IN OUR MAJOR

QUALITY-CONSCIOUS OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE INCREASINGLY BECOMING

AND IT

BUY ONLY WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE THEY WILL

THOSE GOODS WHERE THE MANUFACTURER HAS BUILT QUALITY INTO THE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION.

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MR YEUNG SAID MANUFACTURING WAS THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTING FOR 920,000 JOBS OR ABOUT 34 PER CENT OF IN 1987.

THE GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL POLICIES ARE NOT FOUNDED ESTABLISHED POLITICAL DOCTRINE AND ITS SUPPORT FOR THE INDUSTRIES IS ESSENTIALLY PRAGMATIC.

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