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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991

AFD NOTED THAT THIS SPECIES WAS PRESENT AT LOW CONCENTRATION IN WATERS AT TIN HA WAN IN LATE JANUARY.

HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT DETECTED NO TOXICITY IN GREEN MUSSEL SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE TIN HA WAN FISH CULTURE ZONE.

MEANWHILE, SAMPLING TESTS ON GREEN MUSSELS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD ALSO CONFIRMED THAT TOXICITY IN THE SHELLFISH WERK WELL BELOW THE ACCEPTABLE TOXIC LEVELS RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION,"

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TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND MARKET RESEARCH ON METALS INDUSTRY

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A MARKET RESEARCH STUDY OF THE METALS INDUSTRY IN

INDUSTRY, MR THIS YEAR, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

AND

TECHNO-ECONOMIC THE LATTER HALF OF WILFRED WONG, SAID

OF THE PART OF A DEPARTMENT ON

SPEAKING AT A DINNER MEETING OF THE GROUP 2 (INDUSTRY} HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, MR WONG SAID THIS WAS SERIES OF REGULAR STUDIES COMMISSIONED BY THE INDUSTRY

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE MAJOR GROUPS OF

CLOTHING, ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS AND METALS.

STUDIES

"THESE

AIM

WORLD,

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SO HE SAID.

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NAMELY

TEXTILES AND

WITH AN IN CHINA AND IN OTHER TO IMPROVE THEIR

MANUFACTURERS

PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING LOCALLY

OF

ASSIST THEM

COMPETITIVENESS,

PARTS

PO

WAS

STUDIES OFTEN RECOMMENDATIONS OF A RANGE OF

MR WONG SALD INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THESE WIDELY DISSEMINATED TO MANUFACTURERS, AND VERY ARISING FROM THE STUDIES HAD LED TO THE INTRODUCTION SUPPORT MEASURES TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE INDUSTRY,

"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CLOTHING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE ARE AMONG THE AND THE HONG KONG PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE MORE NOTABLE EXAMPLES," HE SAID.

SAID WONG

MR

THAT, WHILE THE LOCAL INDUSTRY WAS STILL WAS BEING THREATENED BY COMPETITIVE IN MANY SECTORS, THIS POSITION

TECHNOLOGIES CHANGED THE PACE AT WHICH

ON

HAND THE ONE

AND THE IMPROVED CAPABILITIES OF OUR COMPETITORS ON THE OTHER.

"THIS

REINFORCES

THE

TOWARDS GREATER EFFICIENCY,

NRED FOR BETTER QUALITY

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MOVE

OUR MANUFACTURERS

AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED

HE SAID. PRODUCTS IF THEY ARE TO MAINTAIN THEIR COMPETITIVENESS,

"SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PLANS ALSO COMMISSION STUDIES ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING PARK

THE

GOVERNMENT

SUPPORT

AND IN HONG KONG

REQUIRED INDUSTRIALISTS TO COMPLY WITH THE INCREASINGLY STRINGENT PROTECTION RULES AND REGULATIONS, MR WONG SAID.

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