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Governor's factory visit in Tsuen Wan
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, today (Thursday) visited two factories, ACL Electronics (Hong Kong) Ltd and Central Textiles (Hong Kong) Ltd in Tsuen Wan.
Accompanied by the Director-General of Industry, Miss Denise Yue, Mr Patten first visited ACL Electronics (Hong Kong) Ltd. Mr Patten was briefed by Managing Director of ACL Electronics Mr Michael Gardiner on the factory's production and toured the company's printed circuit board manufacturing lines and research and development department.
Founded in 1985, ACL Electronics (Hong Kong) Ltd is one of Hong Kong's leading manufacturers and suppliers of speciality printed circuit board.
Its innovative superpower data transceiver DISKExpress won the 1994 Governor's Award for Industry in Consumer Product Design.
In recognition of its efforts in environmental control (including the installation of waste water treatment and exhaust-air scrubber systems), ACL was awarded the 1994 Governor's Award for Industry in Environmental Performance.
The Governor next visited a major cotton spinning mill, Central Textiles (Hong Kong) Ltd.
At Central Textiles, Mr Patten was briefed by the company's Deputy Chairman Mr Alexander Woo on the factory's production, and toured its production lines in respect of rotor spinning and ring spinning.
Established in 1953, Central Textiles is a pioneer in the field of rotor spinning, and specialises in the manufacture of quality yarns for local weaving, knitting and dyeing factories.
End/Thursday, April 6, 1995
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