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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991

MR

WONG

BESIDES TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND MARKET RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE MAJOR GROUPS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY,

THE SAID

INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ALSO COMMISSIONED OTHER STUDIES ΤΟ ADDRESS SPECIFIC TERRITORY-WIDE INDUSTRIAL ISSUES OR EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NEW AREAS.

IN DECEMPER 1990, THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL WAS COMMISSIONED TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION TO ASSESS THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION IN OPTIMUM HONG KONG AND ADVISE ON WAYS OF HELPING MANUFACTURERS TO MAKE USE OF AUTOMATION.

THE CHEMICAL COMMISSIONED BY THE INDUSTRY

ANOTHER STUDY ΤΟ ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF

WAS PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY 1991.

IN ADDITION TO COMMISSIONING THE SERVICES OF OVERSEAS AND LOCAL CONSULTANTS, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ITSELF CONDUCTS REGULAR AND AD HOC SURVEYS TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATUS OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES OR TO UPDATE SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS CONSULTANCY STUDIES.

SURVEY

CARRIES OUT A

OF

OUT FROM

HOW MANUFACTURERS THEY THINK OF HONG KONG'S CONSTRAINTS ON THE

DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY, THE INDUSTRY

FIND LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES TO THEY SEE THEIR BUSINESS PROSPECTS, WHAT INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT, AND WHETHER THEY SEE ANY GROWTH OF THEIR INDUSTRIES.

ANOTHER SURVEY CONDUCTED ANNUALLY IS THAT OF OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

MR WONG SAID THAT WHILE THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONED ΤΟ ASSIST SO MANY STUDIES EVERY YEAR, THEY OUGHT TO BE SEEN AS TOOLS THE DEPARTMENT IN COMING UP WITH NEW INITIATIVES FOR STRENGTHENING INDUSTRIES SUPPORT SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

HE SAID THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT MEASURES WERE DICTATED BY THE CONSULTANTS.

STUDIES ARE STEERED BY ACADEMICS AND GOVERNMENT

MAJOR "AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALL THE COMMITTAES COMPRISING INDUSTRIALISTS, OFFICIALS.

LI

OF GOVERNMENT AND

DIRECTION 'RECENTLY, WE ARE MOVING IN THE LOCAL EXPERTISE PLAYING A GREATER ROLE IN CONSULTANCY STUDIES.

HAS THIS

INDUSTRIALISTS AND

RECEIVED VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ACADEMICS

T+

SUPPORT

FROM

SITTING ON THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES, HE SAID.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MR WONG'S SPEECH WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE.

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