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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988

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SAFETY GLASS MANUFACTURER SETS UP PLANT IN HONG KONG

FROM THE

OF SAID

HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES WILL BE MUCH BENEFITTED PRESENCE OF HONG KONG TOUGH GLASS LIMITED AS A RELIABLE SUPPLIER TOUGHENED GLASS, AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR C.L. CHU, TODAY (TUESDAY).

PLANT IN

INVESTMENT

YUEN

IN

SPEAKING

MR CHIU WAS CONFIDENT THAT THIS MANUFACTURING LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WOULD BE A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HONG KONG. HE ANALYSED THE MARKET SITUATION TO GUESTS WHEN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF HONG KONG TOUGH GLASS LIMITED.

TOUGHENED

HE SAID HONG KONG DEPENDED ON OVERSEAS SUPPLIERS FOR GLASS AND THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTS HAD DOUBLED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

"TOUGHENED GLASS IS OFTEN SPECIFIED WHERE THE SITUATION DEMANDS STRENGTH, SAFETY AND RESISTANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE CHANGES.

THE

"ITS SAFETY PROPERTIES INCLUDE THAT IT IS UP STRONGER UNDER LOAD, THAN ORDINARY GLASS; AND IN OF IT BEING BROKEN, FRAGMENTS ARE SMALL, RELATIVELY HARMLESS.

HAVE BLUNT

TO FIVE UNLIKELY RDGES

TIMES EVENT AND ARE

IT IS THEREFORE THAT THERE IS A GROWING PREFERENCE

TOUGHENED GLASS, MR CHU EXPLAINED.

LIONG

FOR

HE CONGRATULATED TOKYO TEMPERED GLASS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF KONG TOUGH

SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THEIR

PRESENCE INTO HONG KONG, 13.1

GLASS ON I

THIS

PARTLY PERIOD OF YOUR PRODUCT IS

"YOU ARE OPENING FOR BUSINESS AT AN AUSPICIOUS TIME BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRY WHICH YOU SERVE IS IN A HIGH ACTIVITY AND PARTLY BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR STEADILY GROWING,"

HE SAID.

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WAS

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GIVEN BY THE

IN TOKYO. THE

INDUSTRIAL FIRST

MR CHU ADDED THAT THIS LOCAL PLANT OF TOKYO TEMPERED GLASS SET UP THROUGH THE ADVICE AND ASS13TANCE PROMOTION OFFICE OF

THE INDUSTRY. DEPARTMENT CONTACT WAS MADE IN MARCH 1985.

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED

TO A SENTENCE OF 30 YEARS'

THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, HAS DECIDED THAT SENTENCE PASSED ON LAM HON-WING ON FEBRUARY COMMUTED

1987

10.

THE DEATH SHOULD BE

IMPRISONMENT.

LAM WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF KWOK YEE-MAN.

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