XN000022-1991-01-03 — Page 5

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1991

HE SAID WE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT TECHNOLOGY, HOWEVER ADVANCED, WAS ONLY A MEANS TO AN END AND IT MUST BE PROPERLY EXPLOITED.

"WE NEED EFFECTIVE MANAGERS AND LEADERS, MARKET QUALITY GOODS EFFICIENTLY.

"WE NEED TO ATTRACT MORE OF YOUNG GRADUATES INTO MANUFACTURING.

"GROUPS LIKE THE

JAYCEES,

WHO CAN PRODUCE AND

HONG KONG'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST

LEADERSHIP HERE: YOU IN MANUFACTURING

WHICH AIM TO

PROVIDE CONTRIBUTION CAN MAKE A VITAL TRAINING FOR THEIR MEMBERS, CAN GET ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT A MANAGEMENT CAREER IS AT LEAST AS CHALLENGING AND REWARDING AS IN OTHER FIELDS," HE SAID.

KONG'S MANUFACTURING

MR WONG SAID HE DID NOT EXPECT THAT HONG SECTOR WOULD BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT IN THE YEAR 2000.

FOR

CONSUMER GOODS

STILL BE THE ACCOUNT FOR A

LIGHT HONG KONG WOULD STILL BE PRODUCING

AND EXPORT,

AMERICA AND EUROPE WOULD PROBABLY TERRITORY'S MAIN MARKETS, THOUGH ASIA WOULD NO DOUBT LARGER SHARE OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS THAN IT DID NOW.

EMPLOYED IN BOTH IN то PROVIDE

"WE SHOULD STILL HAVE OVER HALF A MILLION PERSONS MANUFACTURING, AND OUR MANUFACTURING SECTOR WILL CONTINUE, ITS OWN RIGHT AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH GUANGDONG, MUCH OF THE WORK WHICH KEEPS OUR SERVICES SECTOR IN BUSINESS.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO "IT WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN TODAY;

AMERICAN INVESTORS, PARTICULARLY CONTAIN A LARGE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS

WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AND JAPANESE COMPANIES, AND THESE INVESTORS INTO HONG KONG ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES,

HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID THE 1990'S SHOULD BE, LIKE THE 1980'S A DECADE WHICH HONG KONG MOVED ON TO EVEN GREATER PROSPERITY.

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IN

IN

LARGE

WILL BE SUCCESS OUR 1980'S 'AND, JUST AS IN THE MEASURE DUE TO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF OUR MANUFACTURERS.

"THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THAT THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA BE PROFITABLE, AND I AM SURE THAT IN THE 1990'S THIS PARTNERSHIP BECOME EVEN CLOSER, TO THE BENEFIT OF BOTH HONG KONG AND CHINA.

WITH

"WE SHOULD THEREFORE LOOK TO THE FUTURE

SAID.

CAN

WILL

CONFIDENCE,

HE

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