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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1989

PROSPECTS FOR HONG THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF

HAVING SAI! THAT THERE WERE INDEED BRIGHT KONG'S INDUSTRY, HE ALSO POINTED OUT AREAS WHERE GREATER EFFORT HAD TO BE APPLIED.

FIRST, HE SAID, HONG KONG'S

MANUFACTURERS NEEDED TO REALISE BE MADE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS' GOODS THAT THE

THEY PRODUCED REQUIREMENTS AND NOT TO THEIR OWN SATISFACTION.

MUST

IN A

TESTING THAT

HONG KONG LABORATORY ADVISED MR EVANS

SHIPMENT. ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS) ACCREDITED LABORATORY PRIOR TO

EXPENSE INVOLVED

REJECTED. WOULD SAVE MANUFACTURERS THE NEEDLESS DELIVERIES.

AS FAR AS THE TESTING COMMUNITY WAS CONCERNED, WERE VARYING DEGREES OF RESPONSIVENESS.

IN

HE SAID THERE!:

LABORATORIES HAD MADE GENUINE OPERATIONS AND HAD

HE WAS GLAD THAT SOME TESTING ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THEIR BEEN ACCREDITED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF TESTING.

ACCREDITED LABORATORIES MR EVANS ENCOURAGED TESTING TESTING TO APPLY FOR EXTENSIONS TO THE SCOPE OF TO INCLUDE FOR TESTING TO EN71.

THEIR

FOR TOY ACCREDITATIONS

HE

DEPARTMENT

WOULD

SHORTLY

BE

SAID THAT THE INDUSTRY NEGOTIATING FOR ITS HOKLAS LABORATORIES ACCREDITED FOR TESTING TO EN71 TO BE RECOGNISED BY THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AS "APPROVED BODIES "UNDER THE EEC TOY DIRECTIVE.

"MANUFACTURERS SEEKING TYPE APPROVAL' FOR NEW FUTURE BE DIRECTED TO THESE HONG KONG APPROVED BODIES,

"

WILL

TOYS

HE SAID.

IN

SAID HE HAD BEEN TURNING TO PRODUCT CERTIFICATION, MR EVANS

PRODUCT EUROPEAN

ORGANISATIONS,· CERTIFICATION NEGOTIATING WITH TWO

WITH THE SIGNING OF

AND ONE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD BEEN CONCLUDED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

WOULD NOW BE ABLE ΤΟ HELP HONG GERMAN STANDARDS SO THAT THE GS TERRITORY'S GOODS DESTINED

TUV ESSEN OF WEST GERMANY KONG'S MANUFACTURERS COMPLY WITH WEST GERMAN MARK COULD BE APPLIED TO THE FOR THAT MARKET.

WA

A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WAS BEING EXPLORED WITH CERVAC MR EVANS SAID.

OF FRANCE,

BE WELL SERVICES ASSOCIATED

THE HONG KONG Q-MARK MIGHT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT PLACED TO TAKE ON SOME OF THE PRODUCT INSPECTION WITH THE CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS WITH TUV AND CERVAC.

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEW AWARENESS OF PRODUCT AND ALSO OF QUALITY, PERHAPS IT WAS TIME WE ALL GAVE MORE THE HONG KONG Q-MARK, MR EVANS SAID.

CERTIFICATION SUPPORT TO

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