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THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990

RIGHT TIME FOR QUALITY DRIVE IN MANUFACTURING: GOVERNOR

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR A SUSTAINED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

TODAY WILSON,

QUALITY

(THURSDAY) SAID THAT DRIVE FOR HONG KONG'S

SPEAKING AT THE

CEREMONY OPENING

OF THE QUALITY AWARENESS SAID THE

HIGH

WAS

SECTOR LAY

CAMPAIGN ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, THE GOVERNOR

IN PRODUCING FUTURE FOR HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING VALUE-ADDED, HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS AND THE TIMING OF THE CAMPAIGN DELIBERATE.

HONG KONG THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS

AND WE NOW HAD BEEN DEVELOPING ITS QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WHICH COULD ACHIEVE HIGH LEVELS OF PRECISION.

"WE ALSO HAVE IN PLACE,

SECTOR AGENCIES, PRIVATE MANUFACTURERS NEED," HE SAID.

HAD

A

THE

THROUGH A RANGE

TECHNICAL

AND OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT WHICH OUR

QUALITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE AIM OF THE

ATTITUDES WHICH HAD HIS FULL SUPPORT, WAS TO INFLUENCE MANUFACTURERS'

WHERE NECESSARY, THAT TOWARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT, TO CONVINCE THEM, PROPER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WAS WORTHWHILE, AND TO HELP THEM TO IT.

"IN DOING THIS WE CAN USE THE AND AVOID THE MISTAKES THEY HAVE MADE,

ACHIEVE

EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES

HE SAID.

FOR MANUFACTURERS,

QUALITY

THE

CONCERN NOTING THAT INTERESTS OF HONG KONG'S NEEDED A CAMPAIGN TO DRIVE HOME

WAS

IN SO OBVIOUSLY

THE

SIR

HONG DAVID SAID

KONG IN MESSAGE BECAUSE EXPERIENCE

HAD BEEN RUN, EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES, WHERE SIMILAR CAMPAIGNS HAD SHOWN THAT THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF CONFUSION OVER HOW TO QUALITY IN MANUFACTURING.

ACHIEVE

THAT IT USED TO BE THOUGHT,

HIS COMMITMENT BEST SHOW COULD

OF TRAINED STAFF IN A QUALITY

FOR ΤΟ

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT

MANUFACTURER EXAMPLE, THAT A QUALITY BY EMPLOYING LARGE NUMBERS CONTROL UNIT.

THE

THESE STAFF SPENT "AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE TO THEIR EMPLOYER,

WHICH HAD GONE THROUGH PRODUCTS TIME REJECTING MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND FAILED TO MEET A GIVEN STANDARD.

THEIR

"IT IS NOW REALISED THAT IT QUALITY INTO A PRODUCT RIGHT FROM PRODUCE GOODS, NOT TO REJECT THEM.

--

MAKES MUCH MORE THE BEGINNING AND

ΤΟ SENSE

PLAN STAFF TO USE

HAVE NOW

MADE THE

ΤΟ

CATCH UP

AND

TO

14 SIR DAVID SAID.

THE WORLD AROUND COMPANIES ADVANCED

HONG KONG NEED NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS, WE IN ABANDON WHAT IS NOW SEEN AS AN OUTDATED APPROACH,

/THE GOVERNOR

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