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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991

FUTURE OF INDUSTRY TIES TO EMBRACING QUALITY

* * *

THE FUTURE OF

HONG

KONG

INDUSTRY

IS

INEXTRICABLY

TIED

TO

OF

EMBRACING QUALITY, WHETHER IT LIKES IT OR NOT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR INDUSTRY, MR WILFRED WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TAI SIN INDUSTRY AND GOING TO BE EASY ΤΟ WHO WERE INCREASINGLY FIERCE

SPEAKING AT A REGULAR MEETING OF WONG COMMERCE ASSOCIATION, MR WONG SAID IT WAS NOT CONVINCE ALL CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THIS POINT, BUT FOR THOSE

THE IN THEIR CONVINCED

SURVIVAL COMPANY'S COMPETITIVE WORLD MARKET WAS MORE LIKELY TO BE ASSURED.

MR

WONG

SAID

THE

PURSUIT

OF

MANUFACTURING MIGHT WELL PROVE TO BE ONE

CHALLENGES FOR CERTAINLY MORE DEMANDING

-

QUALITY

IMPROVEMENT

IN

OF THE MORE IMPORTANT

HONG KONG'S ENTREPRENEURS

IN THE 1990S.

**AS

IMPORTANT

AS THIS

CHALLENGE

IT

MIGHT BE,

CANNOT BE FROM CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO SUCCESSFULLY MET UNLESS ALL COMPANY STAFF,

A KEEN AWARENESS OF THE THE NEWEST RECRUIT IN THE WORKFORCE, HAVE

FUTURE AND COMPANY'S

A THOROUGH TO THEIR IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY

OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S DEDICATION UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMPANY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID NUMEROUS ORGANISATIONS WERE NOW EMBRACING THE QUALITY MESSAGE.

"THE HONG KONG

THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY

RELIABILITY

HAS POLYTECHNIC CENTRE. IT WILL PROVIDE

RANGE OF DIVERSE FACILITIES TO ENABLE A

ITS QUALITY AND LAUNCHED

AND COMPREHENSIVE COURSES

RELATED TRAINING QUALITY

NEEDS TO BE MET.

RECENTLY

EMBARKED ON

OF WORKMANSHIP,

AN EXTENSIVE NOT ONLY OF

ITS

**THE

DEPARTMENT HOUSING

IS

ALSO SUBJECTING

ITSELF

ΤΟ

"THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY

MATERIALS SUPPLIERS BUT ALSO ITS CONTRACTORS.

ITS THIRD-PARTY QUALITY ASSESSMENT. THE DEPARTMENT IS DETERMINED THAT

CLASS QUALITY AND NOT NEW RANGE OF HARMONY BLOCKS WILL BE OF FIRST

DEVELOPMENTS, SUFFER THE HIGH RATE OF DEFECTS FOUND IN OLDER HOUSING HE SAID.

WERE BEING WORDED ΤΟ MR WONG SAID SOME GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

ΤΟ BE

ΤΟ WERE CONTRACTORS

CERTIFIED INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS THAT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF QUALITY BEFORE THEY COULD TENDER.

DEMANDING

ISO 9000,

THE

"OVERSEAS BUYERS FROM THE LARGE CHAINSTORES ARE ALSO

ВЕ

ΤΟ ACCREDITED THAT MANUFACTURERS SUPPLYING THEM

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD,

"

HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID THE MESSAGE WAS TAKING HOLD GRADUALLY, BUT SLOWLY,

HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED

"THE HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY BY THE BUILD-UP IN APPLICATIONS FROM COMPANIES FOR ASSESSMENT,

STEPS

"THESE ARE ENCOURAGING AND POSITIVE FOR A FUTURE QUALITY COMMITMENT OF OUR INDUSTRIES,

WHICH AUGURS WELL

HE SAID.

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