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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1991

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QUALITY AND RELIABILITY CENTRE SET UP TO ASSIST INDUSTRY

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MR

TODAY

(TUESDAY) KONG'S INDUSTRY ΤΟ

OF

T.H. BARMA, THE DIRECTOR

INDUSTRY, OPENED A CENTRE SPECIALLY CREATED TO ASSIST HONG IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND RELIABILITY OF ITS PRODUCTS.

CENTRE, RELIABILITY

QUALITY AND

HAS THE CENTRE, CALLED THE

AS A CO-OPERATIVE VENTURE BEEN SET UP AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC

THE TERTIARY BETWEEN INDUSTRY, INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS, AND

POLYTECHNIC OF SECTOR REPRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, CITY HONG KONG AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

GOVERNMENT

SPEAKING AT THE CENTRE'S OPENING, MR BARMA SAID THE APPLAUDED THE FORWARD THINKING THAT HAD BEEN SHOWN IN SETTING UP CENTRE AND FULLY SUPPORTED IT.

SUPPORT

IS

THE

FORM

THE

OF A

IN

TANGIBLE VERY "INDEED, THE

FUNDS CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT CONTRIBUTION OF $600,000 FROM TOWARDS THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE," HE SAID.

WERE THEY

DEMANDS BY HONG KONG'S MR BARMA SAID THERE HAD BEEN GREATER MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR BETTER QUALITY PRODUCTS AND CUSTOMERS BECOMING EVER MORE DISCERNING REGARDING THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS PURCHASED.

AND SAFETY

"IN SOME CASES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO HEALTH ASPECTS, MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING IMPOSED BEFORE PRODUCTS GAIN ENTRY INTO MARKETS.

CAN

"THIS

IS BECOMING

INCREASINGLY

EVIDENT

IN

BUROPE

AS THE

COMMUNITY MOVES TOWARDS HARMONISATION OF STANDARDS BY 1992," HE SAID.

MR

OF ACUTELY AWARE HAD BEEN SAID THE BARMA

GOVERNMENT

RESPECT OF INCREASING PROBLEMS FACING MANUFACTURERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE QUALITY ISSUE.

QUALITY CONSULTANTS WERE COMMISSIONED

STUDY OF HONG

ASSOCIATED

BY THE GOVERNMENT IN то KONG'S INDUSTRIES AND

AT PROMOTING MAXIMUM SERVICES,

1987 TO MAKE AN IN-DEPTH PROPOSE A QUALITY STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG AIMED COMPETITIVENESS FOR

LOCAL

PRODUCTS

ESPECIALLY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.

THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CONSULTANTS'

AND

RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED

BY THE GOVERNMENT WERE FRAMED INTO A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME SUPPORT OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

IN

AGENCY WOULD "EXISTING QUALITY SERVICES WOULD BE ENHANCED, AN

PARTY CERTIFICATION OF COMPANIES QUALITY ON

AWARENESS

THE

BE ESTABLISHED TO UNDERTAKE THIRD

BASED SCHEME

INTERNATIONAL UNDER A REGISTRATION

190 9000, AND A SUSTAINED QUALITY MANAGEMENT STANDARD CAMPAIGN WAS TO BE TARGETTED PRIMARILY AT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

"TO

ENHANCE

QUALITY SERVICES

THE INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT

HAS

COMMITTED OVER $30 MILLION ON PERIOD FROM 1989 TO 1991.

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IN THE THREE-YEAR

"AN INDEPENDENT