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Electronics Committee to visit Korea

A delegation of the Electronics Committee of the Industry and Technology Development Council sets out today (Monday) on a four-day visit to the Republic of Korea.

The 15-member delegation is led by the Director-General of Industry and Deputy Chairman of the Electronics Committee, Mr Francis Ho.

"The purpose of the visit is to study how Korea has developed its high-tech industries, what are the areas of technological excellence they have achieved, what roles have been played by the Korean Government and public-funded institutions in promoting and supporting industrial development, and how multi-national companies and small and medium establishments have benefited from the support," Mr Ho said.

The delegation will visit the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Korea

of Science Institute Advanced

and Technology, the

and Electronics Telecommunications Research Institute, the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, the Korea Electronics Technology Institute, the Research Centre of LG Electronics Inc, and the Small and Medium Industry Promotion Corporation.

The Electronics Committee is an advisor to the Hong Kong government on issues relating to the electronics industry.

The Committee is planning to visit other neighbouring economies to study their development of high-tech industries in a bid to formulate industrial support recommendations for the Government's consideration.

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Immigration data now available on Internet

Following completion of the uploading of information onto the Immigration Homepage at the end of September, members of the public may now obtain various immigration-related topical data via Internet, a spokesperson of the Immigration Department announced today (Monday).

"As part of the department's plans to improve customer services, around 80 chapters of text with information on various services provided by our department have been uploaded.