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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1990

HE ADDED THAT IT WAS MOST ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE WERE FOCUSSED ON SOLUTIONS TO SERIOUS BUSINESS PROBLEMS.

"THESE INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND OTHER SYSTEMS BY WHICH HONG KONG HEAD OFFICE BASED MANAGERS DETERMINE THE DESIGN, PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND DELIVERY OF GOODS MANUFACTURED BY THEIR PARTNERS AND SUBSIDIARIES IN CHINA.

"THEY ALSO INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS INCREASINGLY BEING SOUGHT BY OUR INDUSTRIES HERE IN HONG KONG, NAMELY, THE TECHNOLOGIES OF PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT, CONSISTANT QUALITY AND VALUE CREATION," HE ADDED.

MANUFACTURERS WISE IN MAKING QUALITY THE SELLING POINT

THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CONGRATULATED LOCAL OPTICAL GOODS MANUFACTURERS ON THEIR STRATEGIC DECISION IN MAKING THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS THEIR MAIN SELLING POINT.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL OPTICS EXPOSITION OPTEX 190

AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, MR BARMA SAID HONG KONG'S OPTICAL GOODS INDUSTRY FACED MAJOR CHALLENGES TO ITS POSITION IN MAJOR MARKETS WHICH INCLUDED UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND WEST GERMANY.

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"FIRSTLY, INCREASING COMPETITION FROM OTHER ASIAN ECONOMIES.

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"SECONDLY, THE DEMAND FROM CUSTOMERS FOR EVER-HIGHER OF QUALITY, HE SAID.

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MR BARMA SAID THE INDUSTRY WAS TO BE CONGRATULATED INTELLIGENT WAY IT HAD RESPONDED TO THESE CHALLENGES.

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MANUFACTURERS HAD INVESTED IN SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO PRODUCT DESIGN IN WHAT WAS A HIGHLY FASHION-DRIVEN INDUSTRY.

SAID.

AS EXPORT FIGURES DEMONSTRATED, THIS HAD BEEN A WISE MOVE. HE

MR BARMA SAID THE VALUE OF THE THE INDUSTRY'S DOMESTIC HAD NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, FROM $654 MILLION TO JUST OVER $1.1 BILLION IN 1989.

HE SAID QUALITY-ORIENTED MANUFACTURING WAS THE ROAD SAW OTHER LOCAL INDUSTRIES TAKING IN THE COMING YEARS.

EXPORTS IN 1986

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/THE GOVERNMENT