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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988

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HONG KONG RECOGNISES WORLD STANDARDS DAY

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WORLD TOMORROW ANOTHER MILESTONE IN

HONG KONG WOULD JOIN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE IN RECOGNISING WORLD STANDARDS DAY WHICH MARKS

SAID STANDARDISATION, THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR ERNEST EVANS, TODAY (THURSDAY).

A CORRESPONDENT

MEMBER

OF THE

ASSISTANT

INTERNATIONAL A SUBSCRIBING MEMBER OF

IS HONG KONG ORGANISATION FOR STANDARDISATION (ISO) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION (IEC).

INTERNATIONAL

HAVE ORGANISATIONS

ALL TWO NOTING THAT THESE

PRODUCT STANDARDS AND ALONG BEEN ACTIVE IN DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL

OF WORKING TOWARDS COMPATIBILITY OF SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE FOR THE BENEFIT

BVANS MR

SAID THAT HONG KONG'S BOTH MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS,

CONSUMER MAJOR MARKETS ARE PLACING INCREASING EMPHASIS ON QUALITY AND SAFETY.

THE AWARENESS OF AND BUREAU OF THE INDUSTRY

ON INFORMATION

STANDARDS

"TO FURTHER PROMOTE STANDARDISATION QUALITY, THE PRODUCT STANDARDS INFORMATION

AND COLLECTS

DISSEMINATES DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS IN HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS MARKETS.

A GOOD COLLECTION OF

"IT MAINTAINS A REFERENCE LIBRARY WITH STANDARDS PUBLISHED BY BODIES OF COUNTRIES SUCH AS USA, UK, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AUSTRALIA, MR EVANS SAID.

THE ISO, THE IEC AND PROMINENT STANDARDS

GERMANY AND

BUREAU PROVIDES AN ENQUIRY AND ADVISES STANDARDS

MR EVANS

SERVICE

THE THAT ASPECTS OF ON TECHNICAL MANUFACTURERS ON SUCH REQUIREMENTS.

ALSO ADDED

PRODUCT

30,000 VACANCIES RECORDED IN CLOTHING INDUSTRY

A VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL SURVEY RELEASED TODAY SHOWED THAT THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY

PARTICULARLY SHORTAGE, OF AS A RESULT SLIGHTLY OPERATIVE LEVEL.

HAS

(THURSDAY}

DROPPED

LABOUR

AT

THE

THE SURVEY

CONDUCTED

TRAINING BOARD IN SEPTEMBER

BY

COUNCIL'S THE LAST YEAR RECORDED

EMPLOYED 259,000 WORKERS AS COMPARED WITH 262,000 IN 1985.

CLOTHING THAT THE

INDUSTRY INDUSTRY

THE 30,000 .....................