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MONDAY, MAY 27, 1991

OF HE SAID IN VIEW

CHANGING REGIONAL

STUDY OF MARKET RESEARCH AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC CLOTHING INDUSTRY WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE INDUSTRY IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

THE

AND GLOBAL TRENDS A AND TEXTILES DEVELOPMENT BOARD

STUDY WILL

HELP

"IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN A THE ASSESS TO

OF COUPLE STRENGTHS

MONTHS FROM AND WEAKNESSES

NOW.

THE

OF

THE

INDUSTRY AND RECOMMEND HOW INDUSTRIALISTS CAN TAP THE OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT THE

RESULTS

OF THE

STUDY

WILL

BOTH ASSIST STRATEGIES FOR

"I HOPE THAT INDUSTRIALISTS AND GOVERNMENT IN MAPPING OUT THE BEST IMPROVING PERFORMANCE," HE SAID.

HONG KONG IN THE FIELD OF MANPOWER TRAINING, MR CHAN SAID THE

SCIENCE DEGREE COURSE POLYTECHNIC WOULD INTRODUCE A NEW BACHELOR OF

WAS TO UPGRADE ON TEXTILE CHEMISTRY IN THE COMING SEMESTER. THE AIM

THE OF TECHNOLOGISTS

TEXTILE THE KNOWLEDGE AND FINISHING SECTOR.

THE

QUALIFICATIONS

IN

DIVISION OF MEANWHILE, THE NEWLY-FORMED TEXTILES AND APPAREL

HAS LAUNCHED A PILOT HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL

OF TEXTILES/APPAREL LINKAGE SERVICE TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF VARIOUS SUB-SECTORS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.

THE

HELP STRENGTHEN 'I TRUST THAT ALL THESE INITIATIVES WILL

KONG'S MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS OF ONE OF HONG INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

MONEY MARKET OPERATIONS

HKEF

DATE

$ MILLION

CLOSING BALANCE IN THE ACCOUNT ON

25.5.91

380

EFFECT OF FORWARDS TO BE SETTLED ON

27.5.91

NEUTRAL

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS MORNING

NEUTRAL

NEUTRAL

EFFECT OF OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON

TRADE WEIGHTED INDEX 112.8 +0.1* 27.5.91

PHONG KONG