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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993

HE SAID ONE WOULD REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND INSTRUMENTATION IN MANUFACTURING BY LOOKING AT SOMB OF THE DOCUMENTARIES OF THE JAPANESE CAR INDUSTRY SHOWING THE ROBOTS WORKING PRECISELY AND UNTIRINGLY.

FOR HONG KONG TO CATCH UP AND TO NARROW THAT TECHNOLOGY GAP, MR KWOK SAID, IT REQUIRED TREMENDOUS EFFORT FROM ALL MEMBERS OF THE CONTROL AUTOMATION AND INSTRUMENTATION DISCIPLINE.

"INDEED, IN OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THE DAYS OF FULLY AUTOMATIC FACTORIES ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE COMPLACENT IF HONG KONG IS TO STAY COMPETITIVE,' HE SAID.

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HE ALSO SAID IN DAILY LIFE ONE COULD HARDLY PASS A DAY WITHOUT BENEFITING FROM THE TECHNOLOGY OF CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND

INSTRUMENTATION.

MASS

TRANSIT

SYSTEMS,

"POWER GENERATION,

LIFTS, AIR-CONDITIONING, BREWERY, WATER SUPPLY, FOOD PROCESSING, ALL USE VARIOUS TYPES OF CONTROLS SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMISATION OF PERFORMANCE, FOR AUTOMATIC PROTECTION, AND FOR SAFETY OPERATION,' HE ADDED.

CALL FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO WELFARE SERVICES

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WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN,

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL WELFARE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY SERVICES.

TODAY SOCIAL

ADDRESSING IN CANTONESE THE OPENING OF YUEN LONG TOWN HALL MRS LEUNG HOK CHIU SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, HE SAID THE GENEROUS DONATION BY MR LEUNG HOK-CHIU TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE CENTRE WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

"THE

IN

OPENING OF THIS CENTRE MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY THE NEW TOWN OF TIN SHUI WAI, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE CENTRE WOULD ALSO WIDEN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE DISTRICT.

SOCIAL

THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL HAS, SINCE 1965, EXPANDED ITS WELFARE SERVICES TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

MR STRACHAN PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DIRECTORS OF YUEN LONG TOWN HALL FOR THEIR ENTHUSIASM IN SETTING UP THE SOCIAL CENTRE.

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