XN000022-1988-11-03 — Page 7

DON

·

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1988

GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE RETAIL

"TO MAKE THAT DECISION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A OF THE STRUCTURE OF TRADE IN HONG KONG, THE STRUCTURK TRADE IN PARTICULAR, HE ADDED.

It

AHEAD OF COMPLICATED QUESTION OF

'I'M CONVINCED THAT I SHOULD LOOK AT THIS THING WELL

WANT ΤΟ

IT. INTRODUCE THE DATE WHEN I MIGHT

IT'S A SUBJECT AND ONE SHOULD TAKE ONE'S TIME OVER IT SO IT'S A

HE SAID. LOOKING AT IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME,

"

MUTUAL CO-OPERATION RESULTS IN ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT

MORE COMMUNICATION,

CONTACT AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN TO CULTIVATE HARMONIOUS LABOUR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE NEEDED RELATIONS, THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ALLEN LEE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF

HONG THE FIRST-EVER

KONG LABOUR MR LEE STRESSED IN THE PAST EMPLOYERS

RELATIONS CONFERENCE AT THE CITY HALL CONCERT HALL, THAT THE OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF HONG KONG 30 YEARS WERK THE RESULT OF MUTUAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE AND EMPLOYEES.

"THE SHREWDNESS OF

THE

OF PROPRIETORS

+

VARIOUS ENTERPRISES THEIR KEEN INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD MARKET, AND THE ENORMOUS INVESTMENT

ARE THE UTILITIES ON MACHINERY AS WELL AS ECONOMY, HE SAID.

DRIVING FORCES OF

OUR

PROVIDED BY THE

EMPLOYEES

ARE

"ON THE OTHER HAND, THE MERITORIOUS SERVICES

EFFICIENT AND ALWAYS DILIGENT

2.4 MILLION SKILLED ALSO INDISPENSABLE.

1

KONG'S

ECONOMY WAS

ENTERING

INTO

A

ITS

MR LEE NOTED THAT HONG TRANSITION PERIOD WHEREBY THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WAS SHIFTING

ΤΟ HIGH VALUE FOCUS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF LOW VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS

EXPORT FROM CHEAP PRODUCTS ΤΟ MANAGEMENT ADDED PRODUCTS, AND ITS TECHNIQUE AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY.

SERVICE INDUSTRY

IN ADDITION, THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE AND THE DEMANDS OF THE CUSTOMERS WERE EVER INCREASING.

HE SAID, ONE COULD NOT IN ORDER TO COPE WITH SUCH CHANGES, WORK OUT A SOLUTION PRIMARILY BY IMPROVING THE MACHINERY,

TRAIN AND

DEPLOY WISELY QUALIFIED

"IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO PERSONNEL WITH A VIEW TO TACKLING THE PROBLEM."

ENLIGHTENED PERSONNEL