Mechanisation
2.Hongkong Post continued to review existing postal operations to identify and explore further areas for mechanisation and automation.
3.Mechanisation, automation and relocation of assembly-type operations to the Mainland have accelerated the development of more knowledge-based and higher value-added manufacturing.
4.Australia has maintained its export competitiveness by adopting innovative practices, particularly mechanisation, and more recently through new farming practices and diversification.
5.Generally speaking, those manufacturing operations still left in Hong Kong are more knowledge-based and with a higher value-added content, along with continued mechanisation and wider application of computer-aided technologies in the production process.
6.During the year, Ma On Shan Post Office and Tung Chung Post Office were opened, bringing the total number of post offices in Hong Kong to 127. Construction work on the new Air Mail Centre building at Chek Lap Kok was completed in August and the installation of a comprehensive Postal Mechanisation System was completed in December.
