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TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1990

SIR DAVID SAID HE KNEW

BROADENING

ITS

INTERRELATIONSHIP

MEMBERSHIP

BETWEEN

THE FEDERATION WAS NOW THINKING OF

ΤΟ REFLECT THE FURTHER, EVEN

GROWING

"TRADITIONAL"

AND THE MANUFACTURING WHICH HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURERS

SUPPORTING SERVICE INDUSTRIES UPON MUST INCREASINGLY RELY.

"THIS

MUST

BE

RIGHT.

WHILE

HONG KONG REMAINS

INDUSTRIAL BASE, IT IS ALSO FAST BECOMING THE SERVICE CENTRE

** HE SAID. SOUTH CLINA REGION AND BEYOND,

A MAJOR FOR THE

DAVID SAID THE FARSIGHTEDNESS OF THE WELL DEMONSTRATED IN ANOTHER AREA WHICH HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR 12 YEARS.

-

FEDERATION HAD BEEN THE HONG KONG Q-MARK SCHEME,

"THE 1990s ARE

GOING

то SEE

A

GROWING

DEMAND

FOR

HIGHER

QUALITY.

LOWER-COST IN OUR MAJOR EXPORT

"WE ARE FACED WITH EVER INCREASING COMPETITION FROM

GROWING DEMAND AND ECONOMIES IN THE REGION, MARKETS FOR EVER-HIGHER STANDARDS.

COMPETITIVENESS ONLY BY

"OUR MANUFACTURERS WILL RETAIN THEIR MOVING DECISIVELY INTO HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS," SIR DAVID SAID.

PROGRAMME

THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW RUNNING THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT

TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS PROGRAMME'S SUCCESS WOULD REQUIRE THE FULL SUCH AS THE FEDERATION.

A THE

SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED THAT THE FEDERATION RECOGNISED

AND HAD ASSURANCE,

SINCE OF QUALITY THE IMPORTANCE SO EARLY ON IMPRESSED THIS UPON ITS MEMBERS THROUGH ITS OWN Q-MARK SCHEME.

*THE

OF CERTIFYING PROCESS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS WILL ALSO THE 1990s.

THAT OUR PRODUCTS MEET BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN

ABOUT THE

"THE Q-MARK SCHEME HAS HELPED TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE IMPORTANCE OF CERTIFICATION MARKING AMONG OUR MANUFACTURERS," HE SAID.

HAVE

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION RECENTLY LAUNCHED QUALITY KONG SEAL OF QUALITY",

WIDELY AGENCY,

SIR DAVID SAID WE WERE NOW PREPARED FOR ON A LARGER SCALE AND THE KEY AIM OF THE

THE "HONG AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WAS TO AWARDED BY THE HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTANTLY RECOGNISED, BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS.

THE

PAID SIR DAVID

ΤΟ TRIBUTE GOVERNMENT USEFUL ADVICE ON A WHOLE RANGE KONG INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT ITS FIRST 30 YEARS.

AND

FEDERATION

FOR GIVING THE

OF ISSUES AFFECTING HONG

AND ON THE

PLANNING

AND,

"YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE HELPED THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEEDS OF OUR INDUSTRIES IN OUR OWN WHERE POSSIBLE, TO RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS," HE SAID.

/SIR DAVID