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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1990
HE SAID "THE CRUNCH" WOULD COME AS THE QUALITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WERE HEIGHTENED.
EXPECTATIONS
BUYERS
AND NOT FROM
"AND THE SITUATION WILL BE EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN QUALITY GOODS FROM SOME SOURCES OTHERS, MR EVANS SAID.
HE SAID OUR MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND AND MORE QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH PRODUCT-MARKING WOULD PASSPORT OF ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS.
THAT MORE BECOME THE
PROGRAMME
THE EUROPEAN ADOPTED ELSEWHERE
HE SAID THIS WOULD FORM PART OF THE OVERALL
HARMONISING OF STANDARDS WITHIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC) AND WAS LIKELY ALSO TO BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
"THE EEC, IT SEEMS, IS THE FORERUNNER OF SYSTEMATISED QUALITY.
"IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE, WE WILL HAVE A IDEA OF GLOBAL TRENDS, HE SAID.
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GOOD
SUCH AS THE HONG KONG
IN HONG KONG, THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION SCHEMES, HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS) AND THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY (HKQAA) HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
OF
UPGRADE THE STANDARD THE HOKLAS, LAUNCHED IN 1985, IS TO
TO CONFER RECOGNITION TESTING AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL LABORATORIES,
ACCEPTANCE ON THOSE THAT ARE FOUND TO BE COMPETENT AND TO PROMOTE THE OF THEIR TEST CERTIFICATES BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS.
MR
EVANS, THEREFORE,
ENCOURAGED
MANUFACTURERS ACCREDITED LABORATORIES TO SATISFY THEIR TESTING NEEDS.
ESTABLISHED
ΤΟ
USE
TO
AN WILL THE
IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR,. THE HKQAA IS INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT DISTRIBUTING ORGANISATION, WHOSE FUNCTION
AND TO ASSESS
FACTORY MANAGEMENT CERTIFY INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD ISO 9000.
BE
SYSTEMS
WITH
TO OVERSEAS MANAGEMENT MODERN,
"CERTIFICATION BY THE HKQAA WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE BUYERS AND PURCHASING AUTHORITIES THAT A COMPANY'S QUALITY
IN FUNCTIONING SYSTEM IS ORGANISED INTERNATIONALLY-ACCEPTED PRACTICE.
AND
'LINE
"IT
ASSURE WILL
OVERSEAS
CUSTOMERS
THAT
A
FIRM
CAN
CONSISTENTLY PRODUCE PRODUCTS TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
CONSULTANT TO THE ASSESSORS TO ASSIST
"THE BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTE WILL BE A HKQAA AND WILL PROVIDE A NUMBER OF EXPERIENCED WITH THE INITIAL ASSESSMENTS IN MID-1990,' MR EVANS SAID.
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то MANUFACTURERS
PREPARE AND PUT HE CALLED ON LOCAL HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE THEY COULD BE ASSESSED BY THE HKQAA.
THEIR
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