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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1988

GOOD BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY

THE

GOOD FOR BUSINESS IN THE PRINTING INDUSTRY SHOULD REMAIN

RATE OF THE HONG NEXT FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FAVOURABLE EXCHANGE KONG DOLLAR, AND PROSPECTS FOR FOUR-COLOUR

AND HARDBOUND BOOKS

STUDY REPRODUCTION WORK ARE PARTICULARLY PROMISING, A NEWLY-PUBLISHED ON HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY REPORTS.

HONG

THE STUDY IS THE FIFTH IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN DEPARTMENT,

A SERIES OF STUDIES ON

BY KONG UNDERTAKEN

THE

THE MAIN AIMS ARE TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF OF THE INDUSTRY AND TO SUGGEST LIKELY TRENDS.

SELECTED INDUSTRY

THE PRESENT STATE

HONG KONG IS

NOW

THE SECOND

LARGEST EXPORTER

OF

QUALITY

PRINTING WORK IN ASIA AFTER JAPAN.

THE INDUSTRY IS RENOWNED FOR ITS GOOD PRINTING DELIVERY, COMPETITIVE PRICES, AND PRINTING JOBS.

COPE ABILITY TO

QUALITY, QUICK WITH SHORT RUN

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THROUGH

OVERSEAS

AND

HAD INVESTMENT HONG KONG'S PRINTING HAD ALSO CONTRIBUTED

TO

PLAYED

INDUSTRY THE

AN

TRANSFER, TECHNOLOGY TERRITORY'S REPUTATION AS THE PRINTING CENTRE IN THE REGION.

STRONG INTEREST WAS STILL SHOWN BY OVERSEAS

UP PRINTING FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.

INVESTORS ΤΟ SET

UNLESS LOCAL PRINTERS THE REPORT HOWEVER WARNED THAT THEIR PRODUCTION CAPACITIES SUBSTANTIALLY, THEY WOULD NOT BE FURTHER PENETRATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.

ON

MARKET POTENTIAL, FUTURE

EXPAND

ABLE ΤΟ

THE

THE REPORT NOTED THAT BOOK PRINTING AND THE PRODUCTION OF COLOUR SEPARATION PROVIDED GREATEST EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HONG KONG PRINTERS, PARTICULARLY MAJOR MARKETS LIKE THE UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA.

IN

HONG KONG

WOULD PRINTERS

HAVE AN QUALITY PUBLICITY MATERIALS FOR

AS FOR THE CHINA MARKET,

HIGH INCREASING ROLE IN PRODUCING CHINA'S EXPORTS AND TOURIST INDUSTRY.

THAT

PRODUCTION

OF ALBUMS CONTINUE TO

ON FUTURE TRENDS IT WAS ENVISAGED AND DIARIES, WHICH REQUIRED LOWER PRINTING SKILLS, WOULD MOVE TO CHINA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER LABOUR COSTS.

WOULD REMAIN IN BUT PRINTING OF OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL KONG MAINLY BECAUSE HIGHER LABOUR SKILLS WERE NEEDED.

SHEET-FED OFFSET WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST PRINTING METHOD OF HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY.

HONG

WIDELY ADOPTED

/BESIDES LABOUR