Monitoring Technology and Market Trends

The department conducts periodic studies of the major manufacturing
industries to monitor technology and market trends and identify
constraints on their future development. In 1995, a study on Hong Kong's
software industry was completed. Follow-up actions arising from the
study, such as the establishment of a Software Industry Information
Centre and a Cyberspace Centre, are progressing well and have received
encouraging response from the software industry. In April 1997, the
1996/97 Techno-economic and Market Research Study on Hong Kong's
Metals and Light Engineering Industries was completed and the
consultants' recommendations were being considered.

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