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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1989

DEPARTMENT IN 1982 THEIR THE COMPANY FIRST INDICATED TO THE

TO INTENTION TO SET UP A RETREADING PLANT SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA CATER TO THE MARKET IN THE REGION.

BRIEFING

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY GAVE THEM A DETAILED

то HONG KONG AIRCRAFT INTRODUCED THEM ON THE LOCAL SITUATION AND

THE FEASIBILITY ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD (HAECO) OFFICIALS TO EXPLORE OF A JOINT VENTURE.

BETWEEN NEGOTIATIONS SETTING UP OF THE JOINT VENTURE.

THOMPSON AND

HAECO

IN RESULTED

THE

THERE WERE 13 OTHER TYRE RETREADING BUSINESSES

IN HONG KONG,

BUT THEY ARE CONFINED TO RETREADING TYRES FOR MOTOR CARS AND TRUCKS.

SIR PIERS

LATER VISITED

FUJIDENKI

COMPANY DRUMS FOR

THE HONG KONG OF SELENIUM PHOTOCONDUCTIVE

LIMITED, A LEADING SUPPLIER PHOTOCOPIERS.

COMPANY

LIMITED

A FULLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FUJI ELECTRIC JAPAN. THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTION LAST YEAR WAS VALUED AT $70 MILLION.

SIR PIERS WAS SHOWN THE FACTORY'S

AND

OF

VACUUM FURNACES, AUTOMATED

EQUIPMENT.

то

THE ENSURE NO

TESTING COMPUTERISED PRETREATMENT PROCESS LINE

MEASURES PRODUCTION SYSTEM INCORPORATED SOPHISTICATED ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.

THIS SUPPLY OF PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUMS

TERRITORY. THE

ENABLES THE MANUFACTURE JAPANESE COMPANY'S THE OF COMPLETE PHOTOCOPIERS IN PLAN TO DIVERSIFY INTO THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR

ENHANCE HONG KONG'S CAPABILITY 13 EXPECTED TO FURTHER MANUFACTURE OF A WIDER RANGE OF COPYING MACHINES.

(OPC) IN THE

LATE

SIR PIERS NOTED IT WAS ALSO THE JAPANESE COMPANIES WHO

INDUSTRY ELECTRONICS THE 1950'S STARTED

FOR A SUPPLYING SIMPLE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FACTORIES ASSEMBLING SIMPLE TRANSISTOR RADIOS.

IN

THE

IN HONG SMALL NUMBER

KONG

BY

OF

THE

THEIR PRODUCTION CONSTITUTED ONLY AN INSIGNIFICANT PART OF

2,000 ESTABLISHMENTS ECONOMY AT THE TIME. BY 1988, THERE WERE NEARLY ENGAGING ABOUT 110,000 PERSONS IN THE INDUSTRY.

FOR TRADE AND

T.H. BARMA. REGULAR VISITS TO

SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED SIR PIERS WAS INDUSTRY, MR JOHN CHAN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY. MR

VISIT WAS TODAY'S

PART OF HIS PROGRAMME OF

BY THE

FACTORIES.

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