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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988

VERY

COMPLEX AND

AND HE UNDERSTANDS HAPPY TO DISCUSS THE

OF

IS THE LAW HE SAID THAT THIS ASPECT GREATLY NEEDS MAKING SIMPLER AND MORE EFFECTIVE, THAT THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION STAFF WOULD BE ISSUES INVOLVED WITH INTERESTED ASSOCIATIONS.

US

OF THE IMPROVEMENT NEW DESIGNS ARE NOT VAIN,' HE

то "IT IS ALL VERY WELL FOR

PROMOTE QUALITY THROUGH ADVANCED DESIGNS, BUT IF THESE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED, THE EFFORT WILL HAVE BEEN PARTLY IN SAID.

"I

MR MACLEOD CONFIRMED

COMMITMENT GOVERNMENT'S THE ENCOURAGING IMPROVEMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND QUALITY.

TO

THE COMPANY,

STANDARDS AND "THE HONG KONG DESIGN INNOVATION

PRODUCTS STANDARDS INFORMATION BUREAU, CALIBRATION LABORATORY, THE AND THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME ARE ALL GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT

HE SAID. IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,

"

ASPECTS OF OF QUALITY

PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL'S COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, SCHEME TO TRAIN CIRCUITS INTEGRATED

KONG "OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE THE HONG CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING SERVICES ON ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURE SYSTEMS (CAD-CAM), AND A ENGINEERS IN THE DESIGN OF APPLICATION-SPECIFIC (ASIC) THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1987.

T

UPMARKET,

IT

THEIR OWN GOODS.

HE ADDED THAT IF HONG KONG WAS TO CONTINUE TO GO WAS NECESSARY FOR MORE INDUSTRIALISTS TO DESIGN

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MARCH RELEASED

AT

$69,888 WITH MARCH VALUE

HONG KONG'S TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN MARCH 1988, MILLION, GREW BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED 1987, ACCORDING TO THE MORE

MONTHLY FIGURES ON TRADE RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DETAILED

3 PER CENT TO $14,052 HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY MILLION IN MARCH 1988, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 34 PER CENT TO $18,590

IN MARCH ΤΟ MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS

$32,642 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 15 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1987.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, IMPORTS INCREASED CENT TO $37,246 MILLION IN MARCH.

BY 21 PER

/CAUTION SHOULD