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MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1989

MR YEUNG SAID THE STAFF FOR THE IES TWO-MAN

EACH CONSISTING OF ONE INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE AND ONE TRADE OFFICER.

TEAMS,

WOULD QUALIFIED

BE ORGANISED INTO WITH ENGINEER

WORK

OFTEN COME

"THE TRADE OFFICER WILL BE PARTICULARLY FAMILIAR WITH THE

WHICH MANUFACTURERS MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INTO CONTACT WITH. THE

ABLE TO

GIVE

ADVICE ON

ENGINEER WILL PROBLEMS OF A TECHNICAL NATURE,

BR

甲吧

HE SAID.

TEAMS,

SAID

MR

A FROM

YEUNG,

EXPLAINING

THAT

PILOT SCHEME RUN LAST MEDIUM-SIZED FACTORIES ABOUT 2,000

THERE WOULD BE FOUR ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER MIGHT NOT SEEM LARGE, YEAR SHOWED THAT THE BEST RESPONSE CAME WITH BETWEEN 50 AND 200 WORKERS AND THAT THERE WERE ONLY FACTORIES IN THIS GROUP IN HONG KONG.

NOT

BK IGNORED

BUT SMALLER FACTORIES WOULD MR YEUNG SAID. A HOTLINE HAD BEEN SET UP TO DEAL WITH SMALL FACTORIES, ON 3-7360722.

BY THE SCHEME,

ENQUIRIES FROM

COULD

MR YEUNG SAID THere were A NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH HELP MANUFACTURERS TO IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCT QUALITY, AND GENERALLY TO USE THEIR RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY.

HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY

THE AND

THE TRAINING

COUNCIL,

CLOTHING INDUSTRY

THE MAIN ONES WERE THE TRAINING COUNCIL VOCATIONAL AUTHORITY, THE POLYTECHNICS AND THE UNIVERSITIES, THE HONG KONG DESIGN INNOVATION COMPANY AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

"ALL THESE

SERVICES

CONVENTIONAL MEANS," HE SAID. BUT ONLY TO A LIMITED EXTENT.

HAVE BREN

PUBLICISED

"THIS HAS HELPED

IN THE

BY ΤΟ MAKE THEN KNOWN,

PAST

"AS IT IS OUR OBJECTIVE TO HELP MANUFACTURERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, THEY MUST BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND SERVICE CAN DO FOR THEM IN PRACTICAL TERMS.

THEIR WHAT A

PERSUASION BY TECHNICALLY "THIS NEEDS DIRECT EXPLANATION AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE. THIS REQUIRES AN INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE.*

EACH FACTORY

WITH SUPPORT

NORMALLY A TEAM WOULD SPEND TWO OR THREE DAYS IN IT VISITED, MR YEUNG SAID. THEY WOULD DISCUSS THE COMPANY'S WORK

AND WOULD ITS SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES AVAILABLE.

INTRODUCE

THE

INDUSTRIAL

PARTICULAR SERVICE WORKED THEY WOULD EXPLAIN IN DETAIL HOW A

ΤΟ THE MANUFACTURER AND HOW MUCH IT MIGHT COST. IT WOULD THEN BE UP

THE MATTER FURTHER. IF

DID THEN HE WISHED TO TAKE WHETHER HE

ORGANISATION то CONTACT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE MADE FOR THE RELEVANT

HIM.

A STEERING GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE MAJOR TO PLAN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS HAD BEEN SET UP INDUSTRIAL EXTENSION SERVICE, HE ADDED.

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SUPPORT OF THE