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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

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GREATER NEED FOR QUALITY IN MANUFACTURING

AND

A COMMITTEE INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS TRADE ORGANISATIONS AND LEADING MANUFACTURERS ESTABLISHED TO FORMULATE A PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS FOR THE QUALITY ASSURANCE TERRITORY-WIDE.

INDUSTRIAL

HAVE BEEN PROMOTION OF

SAID TODAY CHINESE

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ANDREW LEUNG, (WEDNESDAY) AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION LABORATORIES LTD.

OF

WAYS AND ASSURANCE

MR LEUNG SAID THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WAS EXAMINING MEANS TO FURTHER PROMOTE THE WIDER APPLICATION OF QUALITY AND HAD SET UP A QUALITY SERVICES DIVISION TO CO-ORDINATE IMPLEMENT ALL QUALITY RELATED ACTIVITIES.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE ROLE OF THE PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH TO ADOPT QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE WORK PLACE.

GOVERNMENT

AND

WAS ΤΟ

ENABLED THE MANUFACTURERS

"THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCT STANDARDS INFORMATION BUREAU COLLECTS AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON OVERSEAS PRODUCT STANDARDS, WHILE THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF HAS ALSO ASSUMED HONG CORRESPONDENT MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION STANDARDISATION SINCE APRIL 1987.

KONG'S

FOR

ACCREDITED

ARE

"OUR STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION LABORATORY HAS BEEN BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND WE LIKEWISE SEEKING BILATERAL RECOGNITION OF OUR HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME.

BE

"IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL SHOULD ABLE TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO MANUFACTURERS ON SETTING UP APPROPRIATE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS WHITIN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.'

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MR LEUNG EXPLAINED THAT QUALITY ASSURANCE WAS THE KEY ΤΟ THE ATTAINMENT OF QUALITY, TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS THAT OUR GOODS REPRESENT BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY IN TERMS OF DESIGN, PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, DURABILITY,

AND

"AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ARE CONCERNED, QA SYSTEMS NORMALLY COMPRISE THE APPLICATION OF STANDARDS; QUALITY TESTING AND CERTIFICATION; AND QUALITY SURVEILLANCE."

CONTROL;

STRESSING THE INCREASING COMPETITION HONG KONG FACED IN OVERSEAS MARKETS, MR LEUNG NOTED THAT A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RELATIVELY LABOUR INTENSIVE OR FELL INTO CATEGORY OF SUB-ASSEMBLY "ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE (OEM), WHICH THE QUALITY STANDARDS WERE GENERALLY DICTATED BY PRICE.

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