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Question No. 6

Reply by the Hon. S.A. Webb-Johnson, JP

Secretary for Trade and Industry

to a question by the Hon. WONG Po-yan, OBE, JP,

in Legislative Council on 25 June 1986

Question: Will the Government inform this Council of its

views on the general remarks of the report on the local plastics industry recently submitted by a consultant company and the action the Government propose in response to the relevant recommendations in the report?

Sir,

The report on Hong Kong's plastics conversion

industry was undertaken by SRI International in association

with the Hong Kong Productivity Council. It gives an

account of the general state of the plastic conversion

industry and the various products and market opportunities

open to Hong Kong manufacturers. The Report contains a

total of nine recommendations.

2.

The Government on the advice of Industry

Development Board (IDB) has decided that these recommendations

should be subject to further and more detailed investigation.

For this purpose the Government will shortly set up a

sub-committee within the IDB network of committees: