WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988
FS VISITS ZIPPER FACTORY
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TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TUEN MUN TO SEE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, VISITED THE YKK ZIPPER COMPANY (HONG KONG) LTD. IN THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LOCAL SLIDE FASTENERS INDUSTRY.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ANDREW LEUNG.
MR JACOBS WAS GIVEN A BRIEFING ON THE ZIPPER COMPANY BY ITB MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR HIDEO HYUGA, AND DIRECTOR, MR HISAO ISHIDA.
HE ALSO TOURED THE PLANT TO LOOK AT THE ZIPPERS (INCLUDING METAL, NYLON AND PLASTIC ZIPPERS), BUTTONS, BUCKLES AND ALUMINIUM WINDOW SASHES PRODUCED BY THE JAPANESE FACTORY WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG IN 1966.
THE SLIDE FASTENERS INDUSTRY IS AN IMPORTANT SUPPORTING INDUSTRY TO THE GARMENT, HANDBAGS AND TRAVELLING BAGS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
THE BULK OF THE OUTPUT OF SLIDE FASTENERS MADE BY HONG KONG FACTORIES IS FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF SLIDE FASTENERS AMOUNTED TO $438.7 MILLION IN 1987, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF OVER 100 PER CENT SINCE 1985.
NEW FISH MARKET TO BEGIN OPERATION TOMORROW
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HONG KONG'S NEWEST WHOLESALE FISH MARKET WILL START OPERATION IN KWUN TONG TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO SERVE THE INCREASING POPULATION OF EAST KOWLOON.
THE MARKET, LOCATED AT 10 TUNG YUEN STREET, YAU
TONG, 13 THE LATEST IN THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION'S WHOLESALE MARKET NETWORK TO PROVIDE ORDERLY WHOLESALE MARKETING OF MARINE FISH FOR BOTH FISHERMEN AND FISH BUYERS.
CONSTRUCTED AT A COST OF $25 MILLION, IT OCCUPIES AN ARBA OF 4,150 SQUARE METRES AND PROVIDES A 91-METRE WATER FRONTAGE то ENABLE THE BERTHING OF 10 DEEP-SEA FISHING VESSELS AT THE SAME TIME.
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THE SENIOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR T.Y. YIM, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY} THAT THE NEW MARKET PROVIDED THE LATEST FACILITIES FOR THE MARKETING OF MARINE FISH AND ITS CENTRAL LOCATION WOULD PROVE то BE CONVENIENT PARTICULARLY TO FISH BUYERS IN EAST KOWLOON,
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