WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990
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MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WILL BE VISITING SINGAPORE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY TO STUDY THE COUNTRY'S PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
"THE WORKING PARTY WILL LOOK AT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CLINICS IN SINGAPORE AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE SYSTEM ENABLES PATIENTS TO BE CARED FOR WITHOUT ADMISSION TO HOSPITALS," PROF YOUNG SAID.
"ANOTHER AREA WHICH THE WORKING PARTY WILL LOOK AT IS THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE, SHE ADDED.
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DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY SPEAKS ON QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
NO AMOUNT OF COMPUTERISATION CAN IMPROVE THINGS IF QUALITY ASSURANCE HAD NOT BEEN FIRST FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY MANUFACTURERS, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY. MR T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY (
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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COMPUTER AIDED QUALITY ENHANCEMENT SEMINAR, MR BARMA SAID ONE HAD TO KNOW WHAT ONE WANTED ΤΟ DO BEFORE ONE COULD PROGRAMME THE COMPUTER TO DO IT.
HE SAID IT WAS THEREFORE A WISE DECISION FOR THE Q-MARK COUNCIL AND IBM TO JOIN FORCES IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS SEMINAR.
"IN MY VIEW. THE EVENT UNDOUBTEDLY COMPLEMENTS A HOST OF OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE QUALITY AWARENESS PROGRAMME.
HE NOTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT HAD BEEN DRAMATIC.
SYSTEMS
WERE LESS
"IN THE LATE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S WHEN CONSUMERS DEMANDING. MOST MANUFACTURERS OF CONSUMER GOODS WORLDWIDE, WITH A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS, PAID ONLY SCANT ATTENTION TO THE QUALITY SYSTEMS IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.
CONCEPT OF
"QUALITY CONTROL, WHERE IT EXISTED, INVOLVED NO MORE THAN RANDOM INSPECTION OF THE FACTORY'S FINAL PRODUCT. QUALITY ASSURANCE WAS LARGELY UNHEARD OF.
"TRIGGERED BY SEVERE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN TRADE, EMPHASIS HAD GRADUALLY SHIFTED TO MANUFACTURING CONSUMER GOODS OF IMPROVED QUALITY AND PROVIDING CONSUMERS WITH VALUR FOR MONEY, MR BARMA SAID.
HE NOTED THAT FOR HONG KONG INDUSTRIES TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE AND MOVE INTO THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-VALUE-ADDED GOODS, THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THAT THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE BY LOCAL MANUFACTURERS WAS A PREREQUISITE.
/HE SAID
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