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GOVT TAKES INITIATIVES TO HELP LINKAGE INDUSTRY

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN MANY INITIATIVES TO HELP HIGHER VALUE INDUSTRY ACHIEVE GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE

THE LINKAGE OUTPUT, THE

OF THE HONG KONG LINKAGE INDUSTRY SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

WAS IN INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL EXHIBITION 191, MR BARMA SAID THIS RECOGNITION

FACT THAT OF THE

OF PERFORMANCE

MANUFACTURING OF THE LINKAGE INDUSTRIES DEPENDED TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE SUPPORT

SOPHISTICATED AND PRECISION INDUSTRY FOR THE SUPPLY OF

COMPONENTS,

PARTS AND PRODUCTION TOOLINGS.

KONG UPGRADES AND HIGHER VALUE-ADDED

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"THIS SUPPORT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS HONG

MANUFACTURE OF INTO THE

QUALITY

PRODUCTS, HE SAID.

BETTER

TIME

THE IDENTIFY

VARIOUS STUDIES MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD COMMISSIONED FROM TIME TO

TO

DETERMINANTS TECHNOLOGICAL ENHANCING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S PERFORMANCE STRENGTH.

AND

OF

COMPETITIVE

"OF

PARTICULAR

RELEVANCE

TO

THE

IS THE PRIMARY OPTIMISING THE USE OF

LINKAGE INDUSTRY INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION STUDY LAUNCHED IN LATE 1990. ONE OF THE

IDENTIFY AIMS OF THIS STUDY IS TO

AUTOMATION IN INDUSTRY," HE SAID.

MR BARMA SAID THERE WAS

WAYS IN

ANOTHER STUDY

ON METALS AND LIGHT

ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES BEING PLANNED FOR 1991.

KEY

SECTORS

SUCH

AS

INDUSTRY LINKAGE "IN THIS STUDY, MANY ELECTROPLATING, MOULD MAKING AND HEAT TREATMENT, WOULD BE COVERED.

STUDIES WILL BE WIDELY "THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THESE

WILL ALSO BE CAREFULLY ANALYSED DISSEMINATED TO MANUFACTURERS, IT

ΤΟ WITHIN GOVERNMENT

PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING

HE SAID. SUPPORT SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO THE INDUSTRY,

MR BARMA ALSO

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THIRD TECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPMENT WORK

SAID THAT PLANNING WORK ON BOTH THE

KWAN 0 AND THE INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AT TSEUNG CENTRE AT YAU YAT TSUEN HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD START SOON.

"UPON

COMPLETION

TECHNOLOGY-BASED ACCOMMODATION SPECIAL DEMANDS OF THE LINKAGE INDUSTRY.

"IN ADDITION, THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

AND IN PRODUCT

SERVICES

DESIGN

LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LATER THIS YEAR.

OF

THE

FACILITIES, WILL BECOME

CUSTOM-BUILT MORE AVAILABLE TO MEET

OR THE

CENTRE HAS DEVELOPMENT

AS

PLANS TO WELL

AS

"THESE SERVICES WILL

PROVIDED TO

THE LINKAGE

VOCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE

TRAINING

LABORATORY," MR BARMA SAID.

FURTHER ENHANCE THE INDUSTRY BY

HONG KONG

MANY THE

SUPPORT CURRENTLY PUBLIC-FUNDED

COUNCIL, PRODUCTIVITY

THE

COUNCIL

AND

THE

STANDARD

AND

CALIBRATION

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