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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1991

MR WONG SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE DECISION IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO TAKE.

AND

"HOWEVER, AUTOMATION IS NOT ALWAYS COSTLY IF ONE STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT AN AUTOMATION PLAN SENSIBLY AFTER ALL, INVESTMENT OF THIS NATURE IN THE LONG RUN, MR WONG SAID.

++

TO AUTOMATE

HAS A SOUND INCREMENTALLY.

SHOULD GENERATE BETTER RETURN

HK POSSESSES QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE

*

A QUALITY

WORLDWIDE, THE ASSISTANT EVANS,

ERNEST

THE LAST DECADE HAS ENDED WITH HONG KONG POSSESSING INFRASTRUCTURE EQUAL TO THE BEST AVAILABLE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

(QUALITY

MR SERVICES).

MR EVANS, WHO WILL SOON RETIRE FROM THE REMARKS WHEN HE OPENED THE INTERNATIONAL THE HONG KONG EXHIBITION CENTRE.

THE

SERVICE,

CIVIL

MÅDE TOY SAFETY SEMINAR AT

HAD BEEN IMPLEMENT

YEARS,

DURING WHICH HE HE NOTED THAT THE LAST 10

SERVICES, STARTED WITH A TASK TO INVOLVED IN QUALITY

PUT BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON QUALITY-RELATED PROPOSALS FIRST DIVERSIFICATION.

OF THE HOWEVER, MR EVANS SAID THE FACT THAT HONG KONG HAD ONE

MAJOR LABORATORY MOST ADVANCED MEASUREMENT STANDARDS CAPABILITIES, A

SCHEME BY WORLD ACCREDITATION

AND STANDARDS

A CERTIFICATION то ISO

DID NOT ORGANISATION AVAILABLE TO ACCREDIT COMPANIES MEAN THAT ALL OUR GOODS WERE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS.

9000,

HAVE

"WHILE IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT QUALITY STANDARDS GENERALLY

OVER RECENT YEARS, THERE RISEN DRAMATICALLY

IS STILL SCOPE FOR

CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENTS, HE SAID.

FOR

MR EVANS SAID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HONG KONG HAD BEEN RUNNING A SAMPLE TESTING SCHEME FOR TOYS AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS DESTINED THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKETS.

YEARS HAS "A SURVEY OF OUR TEST RESULTS THROUGHOUT THE THAT THE OVERALL DEFECT RATE HAS INCREASED STEADILY," HE SAID.

HOWEVER, THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED IN THE TERRITORY, THE DEFECT DRAMATICALLY.

SHOWN

FOR THOSE

PRODUCTS RATE HAD REDUCED

KONG

"THIS MEANS THAT THOSE GOODS MANUFACTURED OUTSIDE OF HONG AND BROUGHT HERE FOR RE-EXPORTING CONTAIN THE BULK OF THE DEFECTS.

POORLY "I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT THIS REFLECTS

ON HONG KONG'S WE DON'T QUALITY IMAGE TO OUR OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS, WHEN REALISTICALLY DESERVE IT.

/"THE QUALITY