A NEW Centre for Display Research has been set up at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a $14.6 million grant from the Industry Department's Industrial Support Fund.
The centre will provide technical support for local liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturers and will serve as a central research and development laboratory for local industry.
The university's president, Professor Woo Chia-wei, told guests at the inauguration ceremony last week the centre would be of great value to local industry.
'It is a co-operation between the Government, the private industry sector and the university to develop new techniques of LCD and to enhance the industry's infrastructural support,' Professor Woo said.
Director-General of Industry Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, who was guest-of-honour at the ceremony, said the centre would contribute to the territory's industrial and technological development and to the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector, providing a boost to an important segment of Hong Kong's electronic industry.
'This centre will help our industry move forward to undertake more applied research on LCD manufacturing and help it to develop new products,' she said.