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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1989

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GOVT PLAYS A ROLE IN ASSISTING WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN

ROLE IN ASSISTING

THE COMPETITIVE.

THE CHIEF

ITS PLAYING

REMAIN TO INDUSTRY LOCAL WATCH AND SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD. SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING

CLOCK

CEREMONY

OF THE 1989 THE OPENING AT INTERNATIONAL WATCH AND CLOCK FAIR ORGANISED BY THE TRADE COUNCIL. SIR DAVID SAID THE INDUSTRY FACED BOTH TOUGH THE REGION IN ITS LOWER-END PRODUCTION, AND INCREASING BUYERS FOR EVER HIGHER STANDARDS OF QUALITY.

HONG KONG DEVELOPMENT

COMPETITION IN DEMANDS FROM

THE "TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO MOVE TOWARDS

AND BE INNOVATIVE IN ITS HIGH QUALITY END OF THE PRODUCTION SCALE DESIGNS.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING ITS ROLE IN ASSISTING IN BOTH. HE SAID.

GOVERNMENT

HAD SET

THE INDUSTRY

UF A PRECISION HE POINTED OUT THAT THE TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE WITHIN THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

"WE HAVE ALSO RECENTLY UNDERTAKEN

A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE PROVIDE TRAINING JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AGENCY WHICH WILL IN THE LATEST PRECISION SHEET METAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES," HE ADDED.

WERE

THESE MEASURES

AREAS NEW

NOT DIRECTED AT THE HE SAID ALTHOUGH

THE WATCH AND INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR, THEY SHOULD HELP IN ASSISTING

OF PRODUCTION SUCH AS CLOCK MANUFACTURERS TO MOVE INTO PRECISION PART MANUFACTURING.

SIR DAVID

SAID

THE INDUSTRY

HAD

OBVIOUSLY

RECOGNISED

THE

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD DESIGN.

TRADE/FAIR COMMITTEE

"THE DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE

IS ONE OF THE MEANS TO PROMOTE ORIGINALITY AND CREATIVITY.

ITS PART: THROUGH THE DESIGN WE OFFER COMPUTER-AIDED HONG

OF THE LOCAL SERVICES WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS

** HE SAID. WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY,

"HERE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO PLAYED

PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE. KONG

WAS NOT ONLY AN SIR DAVID SAID THE WATCH AND CLOCK INDUSTRY

ALSO PROVIDED IMPORTANT EMPLOYER AND AN IMPRESSIVE EXPORT BARNER, IT

WHICH HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS WITH SECTOR WAS MOVING INTO HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION.

OF THIS

THE

"THE

GROWTH IMPRESSIVE

EPITOMISES INDUSTRY

AND A HIGH CHARACTERISTICS OF HONG KONG: A STRONG HEART TO COMPETE DEGREE OF ADAPTABILITY," HE SAID.

DEVELOPMENT TRADE

COUNCIL, SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED

AND INDUSTRIES, AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG WATCH TRADES

MAKING KONG WATCH MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN EXHIBITION SUCH AN ATTRACTION.

THE

THE HONG

THE

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