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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989

HD'S MATERIALS TESTING LAB ACCREDITED BY HOKLAS

HAS

THE MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORY OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT BEEN ACCREDITED FOR TESTING OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS BY THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS).

THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T. H. BARMA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEAD OF HOKLAS, PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING (CONSTRUCTION), MR DEREK MESSLING, AT A CEREMONY TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR

CONGRATULATING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ON ITS ACHIEVEMENTS, BARMA SAID THE HOKLAS HAD ATTAINED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR HIGH STANDARDS.

ONE "IT IS NOW RECOGNISED WORLDWIDE AS MAJOR SCHEME," HE SAID.

OF THE ADVANCED AND

"ANY LABORATORY ACCREDITED BY HOKLAS IS SIMILARLY RECOGNISED AND SO HAS TO BE OPERATING AT INTERNATIONAL LEVELS OF COMPETENCY."

ACCORDING TO MR BARMA, FOLLOWING THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN HOKLAS AND NAMAS (THE NATIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCREDITATION SERVICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) IN MARCH THIS YEAR, WITH A NUMBER STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN TO CONCLUDE SIMILAR AGREEMENTS OF OTHER REPUTABLE SCHEMES IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

ON ON THE CONCEPT OF QUALITY AWARENESS, MR BARMA SAID EMPHASIS

DAYS AND WAS NOT QUALITY WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT THESE ONLY BEING DEMANDED BY OVERSEAS BUYERS BUT ALSO BY PEOPLE AT HOME HERT IN HONG KONG.

"IT IS PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING ΤΟ NOTE THAT THE HOUSING QUALITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING TO THIS DEMAND BY PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THEIR NEW HARMONY BLOCK RANGE.

THE

"LABORATORY ACCREDITATION IS AFTERALL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN

FOR ALL WHO USE THE LABORATORY AND IS THEREFORE A QUALITY SERVICE LABORATORY," HE SAID.

THE

MR BARMA SAID THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAD

OF HOKLAS KEEN AND OFTEN OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTER MOTIVATING ORGANISATIONS WHICH INFLUENCED

ACCREDITATION LABORATORY

THE SCHEME TO

FROM THE ONSET BEEN AND

OF WAS ONE GOVERNMENT INCLUDE

то

THE EXTEND

CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS TESTING.

AT PRESENT, HOKLAS

HAD ACCREDITED NINE LABORATORIES FOR

ONE, TESTING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HE SAID.

/ALSO SPEAKING