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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1994

HK: A HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURING CENTRE

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HONG KONG HAS THE CULTURE, PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH

ENTREPRENEURS HAVE ESSENTIAL FOR HIGH QUALITY MANUFACTURING AND ITS MADE QUALITY CHANGE OVER THE YEARS POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ARE

HON

SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE 1994 GOVERNOR'S AWARDS INDUSTRY, MR PATTEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN PLAYING ITS PART ENSURE QUALITY PEOPLE AND A QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR

ΤΟ

HE NOTED THAT SOME 7,500 FIRST DEGREE STUDENTS WERE EXPECTED TO FROM THE GRADUATE IN 1997, COMPARED WITH JUST OVER 2,000 GRADUATES TERTIARY INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG

MORE

IN 1989.

LAST

TECHNOLOGY MONTH, MR

LAND HAD BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH INDUSTRIES IN THE TSEUNG KWAN O INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PATTEN SAID.

AVAILABLE "EARLIER THIS MONTH, 20,000 SQUARE METRES HAD BECOME FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED ENTERPRISES IN THE INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE.

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"THIS IMPROVE AND

APPLIED RESEARCH HAS ALSO RECEIVED A SUBSTANTIAL BOOST.

ΤΟ PROJECTS YEAR, WE

$180 ARE DISBURSING

FOOD TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED ELECTRONICS,

IP

FOR MILLION AREAS AS DIVERSE AS IN HE SAID.

'NEXT YEAR, WE WILL ESTABLISH THE APPLIED RESEARCH CENTRE INITIAL FUNDING OF $50 MILLION.

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WITH

HAD ENTREPRENEURS

SEIZED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES то

ALREADY

MR PATTEN SAID HONG KONG'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT LOW VALUE-ADDED CHINA.

'THE CHALLENGE NOW IS TO SECURE A LASTING ADVANTAGE BY A MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN HONG KONG.

FORGING

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"THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S AWARD AUGUR WELL FOR THE FUTURE INDUSTRY HERE, HE SAID.

OF

THE GOVERNOR'S

AWARDS

OF HONG

KONG

FEDERATION ASSOCIATION, THE PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT

FOR INDUSTRIES,

WAS INDUSTRY

THE CHINESE

ORGANISED

BY MANUFACTURERS'

THE

COUNCIL,

THE INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT

AND THE PRIVATE

SECTOR COMMITTEE IN THE

ENVIRONMENT.

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