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5. SOURCES
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT
This
section presents the professional and academic institutions in Hong
Kong that can offer expert advice and technical assistance, tailored
to the specific needs of individual electrical and electronic sector
SMEs, on environmental requirements, ISO14001 EMS, and pollution
control measures. Over
twenty such organisations have been identified, consisting of trade
associations, academic institutions, and Government and
non-government organizations (NGOs):
Group 1: Academic
Institution - Hong Kong
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Centre for Electronic
Packaging and Assemblies, Failure Analysis and Reliability
Engineering (EPA Centre) of CityUHK |
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Industrial and Systems
Engineering Department, HKPU |
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Mechanical Engineering
Department of HKUST |
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The Centre of Urban
Planning and Environmental Management, HKU |
Group 2:
Trade-specific Association/ Professional Bodies - Hong Kong
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Hong
Kong Electronic Industries Association |
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Hong
Kong Electronic Packaging and Manufacturing Services
Association (HKEPMSA) |
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Electrical
Division of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers |
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Electronic
Division of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers |
Group
3: NGO - Hong Kong & Government Initiatives
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Business
Environment Council |
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Hong
Kong Productivity Council |
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Trade
and Industry Department - Support and Consultation Centre for
SMEs (SUCCESS) |
Due
to differences in the nature, size and mission of these
organizations, the support that they offer is diverse.
However, their services can be classified into four main groups:
Type
1: ISO 14001 EMS related services
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Cat
1 - ISO 14001 EMS trainings |
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Cat
2 - ISO 14001 EMS consultation |
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Cat
3 - ISO 14001 EMS free advisory services |
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Cat
4 - ISO 14001 mentoring service |
Type
2: Design and Manufacturing Processes Improvement
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Cat
6 - Eco-design & Design for Environment |
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Cat
7 - Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing |
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Cat
8 - Cleaner Production |
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Cat
9 - Pollution control technologies |
Type
3: Environmental
Information
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Cat 10 - Environmental
Legislations & Other requirements |
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Cat 11 - Environmental
Information Centre |
Type
4: Others
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Cat 5 - SME support
(e.g. financial services, business advisory and supports) |
To demonstrate the diversification of services and service providers, a
list of local support centres for E&E industry with their scopes
of services, contact details and website address are prepared and
given as Appendix H.
It was also observed that the existing trend of supply chain
environmental pressures and requirements affecting local E&E
manufacturers was mainly governed by the development of overseas
national environmental legislations, directives and initiatives such
as the EU Directive on WEEE and ROHS. To acquire very up-to-date
information about these legislations and initiatives and the trend,
stakeholders may require frequent access the global E&E
sector-specific environmental information centres. To address the
needs, the contact details of some overseas E&E sector-specific
environmental information centres was also given together with the
local support centres as Appendix H.
In addition to these organisations, over 80 local environmental
consultancies in Hong Kong regularly provide services to the
construction sector, addressing areas such as pollution control
(air, water, noise, waste, etc), impact assessments and auditing,
analytical and laboratory services, training and strategy, and
ISO14001 EMS development and implementation.
Contact details of 87 such consultancies, and a summary of
their core services, are provided in Appendix I (from the EPD
Directory of Environmental Consultants, July 2004).
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