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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1992
GOVT'S MOTTO: MINIMUM INTERFERENCE BUT MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY
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THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTTO TO HELP SUSTAIN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC STRENGTH IS: "THE MINIMUM INTERFERENCE BUT THE MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRY", THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
"WE ARE DETERMINED TO SEE THAT HONG KONG REMAINS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD AND IN THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ASPIRATIONS HAVE AS A COMMUNITY," MR PATTEN SAID.
THAT WE
THE GOVERNOR WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER A DAY'S TOUR OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS, FACTORIES
TRADE AND
DEPARTMENTS SUCCESS.
TO SEE HOW THEY HAD CONTRIBUTED TO HONG
AND GOVERNMENT KONG'S ECONOMIC
HE ALSO SAID HONG KONG HAD AN IMMENSELY POWERFUL TRADING COMMUNITY AND IT CONTINUED TO INCREASE THE SHARE OF WORLD MARKETS.
THE GOVERNOR BEGAN HIS DAY WITH A BRIEFING BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR CHAU, MR PATTEN VISITED THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (HKPC) WHERE HE MET THE COUNCIL JAMES TIEN; DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, DR JOHN LO; AND EXECUTIVE S.K.CHAN.
CHAIRMAN, MR DIRECTOR, MR
PRODUCTS AND
HE THEN TOURED THE HKPC BUILDING TO SEE DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE COMPUTER AID DESIGN SERVICES CENTRE, RADIO FREQUENCY LABORATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT LABORATORY.
LATER ON, HE VISITED THE TRADE DEPARTMENT AND MET THE DIRECTOR- GENERAL OF
TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO BRIEFED HIM ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AFTER LUNCH, THE GOVERNOR WENT ON TO THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WHERE HE
WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR T.H. BARMA, AND HIS STAFF ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ON HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
HIS NEXT
STOP WAS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. MR PATTEN SAW THE PUBLIC SEARCH AREA OF THE TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS REGISTRY WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD SEARCH FOR REGISTERED TRADE MARKS AND PATENTS.
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED TWO FACTORIES OF THE CHEN HSONG HOLDINGS LTD IN THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
SAW MOULDING
RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN, MR CHIANG CHEN, THE MANUFACTURING OF COMPUTER-CONTROLLED PLASTIC MACHINES AT THE CHEN HSONG MACHINERY CO. LTD.
HE FIRST INJECTION
NEXT DOOR
HE THEN VISITED THE HONG KONG CAD-CAM SERVICES LTD AND SAW THE USE OF SOPHISTICATED COMPUTERISED MACHINERY IN THE MANUFACTURING OF PRECISION MOULDS.
HE CONCLUDED HIS DAY'S VISIT BY TOURING THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (TDC). HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY TDC CHAIRMAN, DR VICTOR FUNG.
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