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Environmental Controls
The department supports manufacturers in complying with environmental controls. General advice is given through an annual guide on environmental legislation affecting manufacturers and a directory on environmental technology and services. Technical advice is given through design manuals and eco-audit manuals for specific industries, commissioning visits to factories and organising seminars and workshops.
Hong Kong Awards for Industry
The department co-ordinates the Hong Kong Awards for Industry, which recognises excellence in six categories of industrial performance. The six organisers are the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (for the consumer product design category), the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong (machinery and equipment design), the Hong Kong Productivity Council (productivity), Industry Department (quality), the Private Sector Committee on the Environment (environmental perfor- mance), and the Trade Development Council (export marketing).
Industrial Support Agencies
Hong Kong Productivity Council
The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) offers a diverse range of services in consultancy, product development, training and technology transfer with the aim of promoting productivity and enhancing the value-added content of products and services in local industries. The HKPC is also the government's representative to the Asian Productivity Organisation on industrial productivity issues.
During the year, the HKPC introduced a number of new initiatives in promoting people, product and process development. Examples included quality management programmes offered in alliance with overseas partners, the promotion of rapid prototyping technology and the setting up of a telecommunication technology centre.
Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation
The Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation (HKITCC) was established to facilitate the promotion of technological innovation and application of new technologies in Hong Kong industry. It fulfils its mission through three primary functions: the incubation and accommodation of technology-based business; the provision of technology transfer services; and the provision of research and develop- ment support services.
The Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre was officially opened by the Governor of Hong Kong on March 14, 1995. This seven-storey intelligent building provides leasable accommodation for technology-based small- to medium-size com- panies, research and development centres set up by multinational companies, and technology-related services companies. It also provides an incubator unit to nurture technology start-ups.
Hong Kong Industrial Estates Corporation
The Hong Kong Industrial Estates Corporation is responsible for developing and managing industrial estates in Hong Kong. It offers developed land, at cost, on its industrial estates to companies with new or improved technologies and processes which cannot operate in multi-storey factory buildings. The corporation has three
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