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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988

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MANUFACTURERS URGED TO REFER TO STANDARDS

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, TODAY (MONDAY) URGED LOCAL MANUFACTURERS TO REFER TO STANDARDS AND BUILD QUALITY INTO THEIR ENTERPRISE.

ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON STANDARDS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MR NACLEOD TOLD PARTICIPANTS THAT STANDARDS WORK SHOULD NOT RND WITH INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES, OR WITH THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE.

BEEN SHOULD ENDEAVOUR

"DEMAND FOR ATTAINING OVERALL QUALITY HAS IN RECENT YEARS FOLLOWED BY A GROWING CONVICTION THAT MANUFACTURERS TO BUILD QUALITY INTO THEIR ENTERPRISE.

"IT IS NOW INCREASINGLY NECESSARY FOR MANUFACTURERS TO REFER TO STANDARDS DURING THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS DESIGN, PROCUREMENT OF PARTS AND MATERIALS, PRODUCTION, PRODUCT TESTING AND EVEN MARKETING,

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HE SAID.

NECESSARY FOR THE

SUPPORT FOR THE

GOVERNMENT TO MANUFACTURING

HE ADMITTED THAT IT WAS PROVIDE GOOD QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURAL SECTOR.

IN HONG KONG, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, HAD ATTAINED REPRESENTATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION (ISO) AS A CORRESPONDENT MEMBER AND HAD OBTAINED OBSERVER STATUS ON 86 OF THE ORGANISATION'S TECHNICAL COMMITTEES.

WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCT STANDARDS INFORMATION BUREAU, PROVISION OF SERVICES BY THE GOVERNMENT'S STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION„LABORATORY AND THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME, MR MACLEOD SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING WHETHER TIME HAD COME TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS то ENCOURAGE INDUSTRIES TO ADOPT QUALITY ASSURANCE METHODS BASED ON RECOGNISED STANDARDS, AUTHENTIC MEASUREMENTS AND TESTING SYSTEMS AS WELL BUILT-IN QUALITY IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES.

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THE SEMINAR ON STANDARDS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SPONSORED BY BRITISH EXPERT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THE "RESOURCE"

WAS JOINT VENTURE BY THE ISO AND THE BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION FOR MORE THAN 70

(BSI) REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS, TESTING LABORATORIES AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE AIM OF THIS SEMINAR WAS TO WIDEN LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF OVERSEAS MARKETS AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GAIN ACCESS TO A WIDER STANDARDS DOCUMENTS AND то VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION.

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