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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1992

GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY GETS $1.6 MILLION BOOST

PRESENTED

REPRESENTATIVES FROM 16 ORGANISATIONS TODAY (FRIDAY) CHEQUES TOTALLING $1.6 MILLION AS SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 1992 GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY.

OF

CHEQUES, THE

FOR $100,000 BACH, WERE RECEIVED BY THE

CHAIRMAN ALSO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY, MR TH BARMA, WHO IS

ORGANISING THE AWARD'S

COMMITTEE, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER FIVE ORGANISERS OF THE AWARD.

HERBERT

OF

HONG THRY INCLUDED DEPUTY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF KONG INDUSTRIES, MR HENRY TANG; PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, MR

LIANG; CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, MR JAMES TIEN; CO-ORDINATOR

PRIVATE THE

SECTOR COMMITTEE ON THE

MR ENVIRONMENT,

HUMPHREY

KEENLYSIDE AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF

HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, MR DENNIS YAU.

THE

IN

SPEAKING AT THE CHEQUE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MR BARMA SAID THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRY, FOUNDED IN 1989, HAD GROWN BOTH REPUTATION AND IN SIZE.

CATEGORIES HE SAID TWO NEW

HAD BEEN INTRODUCED UNDER THIS YEAR'S AWARD: EXPORT MARKETING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE.

PER

DOMESTIC

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

THAT 90 THAT THE WHICH

"THE EXPORT MARKETING CATEGORY 18 AN CENT OF OUR

PRODUCTS ARE EXPORTED AND PROSPERITY OF OUR INDUSTRIES RELIES VERY MUCH ON THE SKILL WITH OUR EXPORTERS CAN DEVELOP OVERSEAS MARKETS.

"THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE CATEGORY RECOGNISES THAT SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURERS ARE CONSCIOUS OF, AND RESPECT, ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPORTANCE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING THE

CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.

ARE "THESE TWO NEW CATEGORIES

IN ADDITION ΤΟ THE EXISTING CATEGORIES OF CONSUMER PRODUCT DESIGN, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN, PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY, HE SAID.

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THE MR BARMA SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT $1.6 MILLION WAS $300,000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SPONSORSHIP OF

TO

"THIS IS, OF COURSE, A REFLECTION OF YOUR GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC-SPIRITEDNESS. BUT, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IT DEMONSTRATES YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURERS TO CONTINUE ACHIEVE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND HE SAID.

MARKETING,

"I

/THE ASSESSMENT