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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1991

GOVENOR VISITS PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FACTORY

THE HAKING

GOVERNOR,

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SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED ENTERPRISES LIMITED, A LEADING LOCAL MANUFACTURER PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT.

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SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY (ACTING), MR WILFRED WONG AND THE COMPANY'S SENIOR MANAGMENT INCLUDING THE GROUP CHAIRMAN, DR HAKING WONG.

THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE OPERATION OF THE FACTORY WHICH WAS SET UP IN 1956 TO PRODUCE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT.

LEADING

THE COMPANY HAS SEVEN FACTORIES IN HONG KONG AND IS A MANUFACTURER AND EXPORTER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND BINOCULARS,

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS MOST ENCOURAGED BY THE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS WHICH THE COMPANY HAD MADE IN SOPHISTICATED MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.

"THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY IS MOVING UP-MARKET, SIR DAVID SAID.

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"ITS INVESTMENT IN SO MUCH OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS A TREMENDOUS DEMONSTRATION OF CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG'S FUTURE AS A SOPHISTICATED MANUFACTURING CENTRE, HE ADDED.

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FS BRIEFED ON LATEST WELFARE SERVICES

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

MR MACLEOD FIRST MET THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M. D. CARTLAND AND DIRECTORATE OFFICERS AT THE HEADQUARTERS

THE DEPARTMENT.

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DURING THE DISCUSSION, MR MACLEOD WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1991 WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE, WELFARE PROJECT FINANCING AND COMPUTERISATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY THEN VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S BRANCH OFFICE AT SOUTHORN CENTRE IN WAN CHAI.

ACCOMPANIED BY REGIONAL OFFICER (HONG KONG) MRS PATRICIA CHU, HE TOURED A NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS, WHICH INCLUDED THE WAN CHAI FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE, THE WAN CHAI SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT AND THE PAYMENT CONTROL SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT,

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