Productivity Council

19 Feb 2013

Despite a flashy launch, the HK government's five-year plan contribution has quietly died.

4:57AM

30 May 2012

Hong Kong managers have been urged to engage their staff more in decision-making after a survey found many employees - especially professionals - are not very happy at work.

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Firms use 864,000 trees a year for paper

5 Sep 2007

Hong Kong's companies used 36,000 metric tonnes of copy paper last year, the equivalent of 864,000 trees, a Productivity Council survey reveals. From a random sampling of 221,000...

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Appliance firms sign up to learn how to cut their electricity bills

4 Aug 2007

Mainland factories owned by Hong Kong businessmen will be shown how to make big savings on their energy bills in a scheme organised by the Productivity Council.

The programme will...

5:16PM

Just too productive

27 Aug 2005

Public relations officers at the Productivity Council must be among the most serious in the industry. LoDown went to a media lunch with council chairman Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen and chief executive...

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Diary

23 Feb 2004

Today, HK: The Productivity Council instructs on the 'Professional Certificate in Retail Management'. Call 2788 5490 for details.

8:08AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Diary

Today, HK: The 38th Hong Kong Products Expo (until Jan 1) begins in Victoria Park. Making its debut in 1938 and organised by the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, the expo is a...

10:17PM

Study group faced with mission impossible

Things aren't sounding terribly productive over at the Productivity Council. We heard all about it from Rommely Chan Wai-chuen, of Foreign Press Distributors.

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