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MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1991

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MANUFACTURERS MUST UPGRADE QUALITY TO ADAPT

TO CHANGING MARKET CIRCUMSTANCES

* * *

SHARE,

IN

HONG KONG

MARKET INCREASE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND

ΤΟ MANUFACTURERS MUST ADAPT

CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES MARKETS BY UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS AND GIVING

TRADE AND INDUSTRY, STANDARD ASSURANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR

HAU, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ΤΟ

'S AGENCY' A LOCAL

MR CHAU WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE CERTIFICATE ISSUED DEVICES LIMITED (EDL).

OVERSEAS QUALITY MR T.H.

THE HONG ASSURANCE ELECTRONICS

FIRST 190 9000 QUALITY MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

HE SAID ONE

OF "THE

"CHANGING

CIRCUMSTANCES"

INCREASING EXPECTATION

OF

BOTH

LOCAL

AND

WAS THE EVER OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS FOR

BETTER QUALITY PRODUCTS.

CUSTOMER "IN SOME CASES, SUCH

DEMANDS AND

REQUIREMENTS

WRITTEN INTO NATIONAL STANDARDS WHICH MUST BE MET BY MANUFACTURERS.

ARE

9000 SERIES OF "A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE ISO

QUALITY STANDARD

AS THE WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED

NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARD IN MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OUR MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS, SUCH AS THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

T

MANUFACTERING SECTOR TO THE GOVERNMENT, IN HELPING THE LOCAL

FOR RECOGNITION ACQUIRE

QUALITY STANDARD

COMMISSIONED ASSURANCE, HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES IN CONSULTANTS TO MAKE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF

AND 1987, AND THEN PROPOSED A QUALITY STRATEGY FOR HONG KONG PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED SERVICES, MR CHAU SAID.

THIS

EVENTUALLY

LED

ΤΟ

'UNDER THE

9000 SERIES.

"THE

AGENCY

DEPARTMENT TO

THE GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED AGENCY CALLED THE AGENCY (HKQAA).

"THE AGENCY

WITH

1989 IN ESTABLISHMENT

OF A HONG KONG QUALITY ASSURANCE

ASSURANCE CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR LOCAL COMPANIES,

IS TASKED

SCHEME,

A OPERATING

"I

VOLUNTARY QUALITY

HE SAID.

CERTIFICATES WILL BE

ORGANISATIONS WHOSE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONFORM

ISSUED WITH THE ISO

TO

IN CONJUNCTION ADOPTION OF SOUND

WITH THE QUALITY

INDUSTRY ASSURANCE

ALSO WORKS PROMOTE THE PRACTICES IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

TO

MR CHAU SAID THE HKQAA HAD ACQUIRED CONSIDERABLE 9000

THROUGH CLOSE AUDITING STANDARDS INSTITUTION.

ISO

CO-OPERATION

EXPERTISE IN

WITH

THE

BRITISH

"IT HAS ALSO

A TRAINED

NUMBER

OF LOCAL

HE SAID.

QUALITY

ASSURANCE

AUDITORS TO CONDUCT AUDITS INDEPENDENTLY,

MR CHAU