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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992

THE

INWARD

HAVING

INSTITUTIONS,

OF

HONG KONG HAS BENEFITTED FROM THE IMPORT OF TECHNOLOGY IN PAST, AND IS BOUND TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE ADAPTATION OF TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FUTURE. THROUGH THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT'S

OVERSEAS THE GOVERNMENT STRIVES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT PROGRAMME, INVESTORS WHO CAN BRING IN USEFUL TECHNOLOGIES. THE PROGRAMME TAKES A RANGE OF TARGETTED PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH TO SELECTED COMPANIES IN A INDUSTRIES. THE TARGETS ARE IDENTIFIED AND REVIEWED REGULARLY REGARD TO THE FINDINGS OF HONG KONG'S TERTIARY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC REPORTS AND THE ASSESSMENT

FLOW OF OVERSEAS PROJECT OFFICERS ON THE GROUND. THE CONTINUED

PROGRAMME IS INVESTMENTS INTO HONG KONG SUGGESTS BOTH THAT THE

MUCH ACHIEVING SOME SUCCESS AND THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES TO HAVE OFFER TO NEW AND DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS FROM OVERSEAS. IN

IN WHICH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ARE RAPID AND COMPLEX, AND

INCREASINGLY ON TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD WHERE COMPETITIVENESS DEPENDS

IN PROVIDING KNOW-HOW, THE GOVERNMENT HAS A DEFINITE ROLE TO PLAY

RESPONDING IN

TECHNOLOGICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT

HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE WORLD.

TO

ΤΟ

CONNECTION VITAL

ΤΟ

THE UNDERLINE TECHNOLOGY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR A

WHICH HAS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

ΤΟ

AN

A

ON

BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND NEW INDUSTRY REPLACED THE OLD SCIENCE AND AND A MORE BE BETTER

THE

FURTHERMORE

BOARD, WHOSE

COUNCIL, BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY

WITH ITS TECHNOLOGY.

EXPANDED TERMS OF REFERENCE ITS FOCUSSED AND CO-ORDINATED APPROACH, THIS NEW COUNCIL WILL PLACED TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY THE COUNCIL, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE AND TECHNOLOGY IN HONG KONG. ON THE APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEME UNDER IT WILL HELP GOVERNMENT TO ADMINISTER THE NEW APPLIED R & D SCHEME. UNDER THE COUNCIL, WE WILL SET UP A TECHNOLOGY REVIEW MEMBERSHIP WILL INCLUDE DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS FROM OVERSEAS AS WELL AS FROM HONG KONG AND WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADVICE ON BROAD STRATEGIES IN TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT HAVING REGARD TO GLOBAL

AND THE INDUSTRY

TECHNOLOGY AND HONG KONG'S

EXAMINING DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WILL, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, BE

EFFECTIVENESS. SOME ITS OWN ROLE AND WORK METHODS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM

THE ITDC SHOULD BE QUESTION OF WHETHER MEMBERS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRANSFORMED INTO A BODY ALONG THE LINE OF THE

THE FORMER BOARD IN SINGAPORE.

QUESTION WAS CONSIDERED BY

REGARD TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHICH CONCLUDED THAT HAVING

ACTIVITIES INVESTMENT PROMOTION HONG KONG CIRCUMSTANCES

HAVE

CIRCUMSTANCES.

RAISED THE

THIS

THE AND

ALREADY UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT, SUCH A CHANGE APPROPRIATE.

WOULD NOT BE

/CONCLUSION

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