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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1989

HAD

HE POINTED OUT THAT TWO DEVELOPMENTS GROWTH OF THE MOULD AND DIE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG.

F

CONTRIBUTED

ΤΟ THE

OF OUR SHIFT

COST COUNTRIES.

LABOUR

INTENSIVE THE WITH HE SAID, "FIRST."

LABOUR

NOTABLY SOUTH ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS TO LOWER CHINA AND THAILAND, HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED AS A SUPPLY BASE NOT ONLY SERVICES BUT ALSO OF MANUFACTURING VARIETY OF IN RESPECT OF A MATERIALS, PARTS, COMPONENTS AND TOOLINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SOURCED FROM THESE COUNTRIES.

WITH TO COPE

SMALL BATCH SECONDLY, MR BARMA SAID, IN ORDER

CYCLES, STRINGENT QUALITY REQUIREMENTS, ORDERS, SHORT PRODUCT LIFE

HAD TO THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION METHODS.

INTRODUCE

HE SAID THIS IN TURN DEMANDED BETTER TOOLING SUPPORT.

MORE

ENGINEERING

WAS

HE ALSO NOTED THAT A STUDY OF THE METALS AND LIGHT

INDUSTRY THAT THE

AND DIE MOULD INDUSTRIES IN 1988 REVEALED FRAGMENTED,

, CONSISTED OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAD NO REPRESENTATIVE BODY FOR MOULD AND DIE MAKERS IN HONG KONG.

THE

"HAVING CONSIDERED THE STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

IT AGREED THAT DEVELOPMENT BOARD METALS COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY

TO PROMOTE AND ASSOCIATION TO FORM A TRADE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL

MR BARMA SAID. REPRESENT THE MOULD AND DIE INDUSTRIES,

MOULD KONG

AND

DIE

THE

OF THE HONG HE SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT COUNCIL WAS TIMELY IN THAT IT HELPED TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON INDUSTRIES' GROWING IMPORTANCE IN MANUFACTURING,

DIE

MOULD AND "WHILE THERE ARE NO ACCURATE STATISTICS ON THE

THAN 2,000

AND MOULD INDUSTRIES. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THERE ARE MORE

MR BARMA DIE FACTORIES IN HONG KONG, EMPLOYING OVER 15,000 WORKERS, SAID,

$950

MOULDS AND

REACHED DIES "IN 1938, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MILLION, REPRESENTING A SIX-FOLD INCREASE COMPARED WITH THAT IN 1983," HE ADDED.

HIGHEST STANDARDS EXPECTED OF BLUE BERETS'

THE REPUTATION OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT, OR

CITIZENS OF AS "BLUE BERETS". IS WELL KNOWN TO THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR RAYMON ANNING, SAID.

COMMONLY KNOWN HONG KONG,

THE

ALWAYS WAS UNEXPECTED EVENTS, ANTI-CRIME DUTIES.

ADDRESSING A PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE "ECHO" PTU HEADQUARTERS IN FANLING LAST (FRIDAY) NIGHT, MR

ONLY NOT то THE FORE, PTU

MORE BUT

AT COMPANY

THE

ALSO

AT

ANNING TIMES OF CROWD

SAID

THE

SUDDEN IN

CONTROL ROUTINE

OR

AND

THE PUBLIC ...