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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1990

IT

BE THE HIGHEST

TO

**THE AWARD WILL

RECOGNITION AVAILABLE INDUSTRY AND WINNING

WILL BE SEEN AS AN OUTSTANDING HONOUR,

HE SAID. ACHIEVED AGAINST FIERCE COMPETITION, WITH A LASTING VALUE,

M

AND

WAS MADE MR CHAN SAID THE FIRST GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY

DESIGN AND MACHINERY IN JUNE LAST YEAR IN THE CONSUMER PRODUCT EQUIPMENT DESIGN CATEGORIES.

HE SAID THE SECOND GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY WOULD BE BE MADE IN ALL ON OCTOBER 30 THIS YEAR AND THAT AWARDS WOULD CATEGORIES.

HELD FOUR

PRESENTATION CEREMONY EXHIBITION CENTRE,

GOVERNOR, SIR

AS WITH THE FIRST GOVERNOR'S AWARD, THE

CONVENTION AND WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HONG KONG

PERSONALLY PRESENTED BY THE AND THE AWARDS WILL BE DAVID WILSON.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE DIRECTOR OF AWARD FOR INDUSTRY IN INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID THE GOVERNOR'S THE QUALITY AREA WAS

INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT AND OF QUALITY AIMED AT PROMOTING A WIDER APPRECIATION OF THE IMPORTANCE AMONG HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS.

ADMINISTERED BY THE

4

SCHEME, THERE UNDER THE AWARD

ARE SIX

CATEGORIES, PRODUCT

NAMELY

ELECTRONICS CLOTHING,

AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, TEXTILES, DOLLS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, TOYS AND

AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

PRODUCTS.

IN HONG KONG WHICH ELIGIBLE ΤΟ ENTER

ALL COMPANIES MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS QUALIFY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF HONG KONG ORIGIN ARE FOR THE COMPETITION AND IN ANY ONE CATEGORY.

"THE INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT

MAY RECATEGORISE

AN ENTRY

ΤΟ

A

H

DIFFERENT PRODUCT CATEGORY IF IT THINKS IT HAS BEEN WRONGLY ASSIGNED, MR BARMA SAID.

HE SAID ENTRIES FOR THE QUALITY AWARD TWO MAIN CRITERIA.

BE WOULD

EVALUATED ON

A WHICH

"THE FIRST CRITERION IS THE EXTENT TO

COMPANY'S SYSTEM APPLIED ΤΟ QUALITY MANAGEMENT

DESIGN, MATERIALS SOURCING, AND REJECTIONS DURING THE PRODUCTION AND TESTING ELIMINATES DELAYS MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AFTERWARDS.

OF

PERFORMANCE,

"THE SECOND CRITERION IS THE QUALITY OF THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS, TERMS

FITNESS OF

FOR PURPOSE. CONSISTENCY APPEARANCE, VALUE FOR MONEY AND SAFENESS," HE SAID.

IN

JUNE AND JULY BY A ENTRIES WILL BE EVALUATED IN JUDGES TO BE APPOINTED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

PANEL,

OF

"THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT MAY NEED ACCESS ΤΟ A MANUFACTURER'S PREMISES AT THIS STAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SAID.

THAT ALL

INFORMATION

++

KEPT

STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL,

HE

/MR BARMA