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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990

"THIS DIVISION NOW PROVIDES MANUFACTURERS WITH VALUABLE AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES ON APPROPRIATE AND MANAGEMENT, AND ON QUALITY ASSURANCE.

ADVICE

EQUIPMENT, NEW

TECHNOLOGIES

PROGRAMMES,

AND SEMINARS,

STUDY

AN IMPORTANT

INDUSTRY

TO

"IT

TRAINING ALSO OFFERS MISSIONS ON MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES," HE SAID.

MR. CHAN SAID AUTOMATION AND MECHANISATION PLAYED

EFFORTS MADE BY THE ROLE IN THE CONTINUOUS

CLOTHING REMAIN COMPETITIVE.

OPPORTUNITY

THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY FAIR '90 PROVIDED A VALUABLE

TO SEE FOR MANUFACTURERS

FOR THEMSELVES THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES ENABLED THEM ΤΟ EXAMINE, AND

WITH AVAILABLE AND

EXCHANGE VIEWS APPLICATIONS OF A WIDE RANGE OF CLOTHING SUPPLIERS ON PRACTICAL MATERIALS, ACCESSORIES AND RELATED SERVICES, HE ADDED.

HONG KONG IS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST EXPORTER OF CLOTHING.

THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY ALONE EMPLOYS ABOUT 34 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL INDUSTRIAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS

1989 HONG KONG'S

WORKERS 286,000 WORKFORCE. THE TOTAL VALUE OF AMOUNTED TO $72 BILLION, DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR THE

OR

OF CLOTHING IN

REPRESENTING 32 PER CENT OF

YEAR.

HK'S QUALITY SITUATION AND AVAILABLE SERVICES

PUT

LOCAL MANUFACTURERS WILL BE

IN A COMPETITIVELY DISADVANTAGEOUS POSITION IF THE GOODS THEY PRESENTLY MAKE CAN BE MADE FAR WORSE POSITION IF CHEAPER ELSEWHERE, AND IT WILL PUT THEM IN A THOSE PRODUCTS CAN ALSO BE MADE BY OTHERS AT BETTER QUALITY LEVELS.

ASSISTANT THE

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DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY IN SERVICES, MR ERNEST EVANS, TOLD MANUFACTURERS THIS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN AN ADDRESS TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

CHARGE OF QUALITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

BY ORGANISED

OUR HE SAID IF NOTHING WAS DONE TO IMPROVE WOULD EVENTUALLY BE DIVERTED ELSEWHERE.

SITUATION,

THE

ORDERS

MR EVANS WAS SPEAKER AT THE THREE-DAY SEMINAR WHICH ENDED TODAY AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

t

QUALITY SCENE" PROVIDED HIS SPEECH, ENTITLED "THE LOCAL

AN AND HIGHLIGHTED THE INSIGHT INTO THE QUALITY SITUATION IN HONG KONG

QUALITY OF THEIR SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MANUFACTURERS TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEMS.

/HE SAID