HONGKONG POLYTECNIC
Director
C.L.Old, BSc(Eng),MScTech,
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12th January 1973
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Mr. R. Porter,
Assistant Director,
Commerce & Industry Department,
Fire Erigade Building,
Hong Kong.
Dear Roy,
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conciperainvec quiidly.
I now have the names of some of the more eminent people who have opened the Textile Institute conference in recent years. I am sorry for the delay in answering your queries, everything seems to be building up at the moment.
The following are the names forwarded to me by the
Textile Institute :
1954
Ghent
1955
London
1958
Gothenburg
1960
London
1961
Scheveningen
1962
Eastbourne
1963
Barcelona
1966
Baden Baden
1970
London
Welcome by Dr. J. Gillis, Rector of
University of Ghent, and
M.G. de Myttenaere, President of CENTEXBEL followed by opening by President.
Mayor of Westminster.
Erik Lundh, Chairman of Board of Swedish Institute for Textile Research.
President
followed by Civic Welcome by
Mayor of Westminster.
Professor L. Troost, President of Vezelinstituut TNO.
Mayor of Eastbourne.
Excmo Sr. Dr. Manuel Lora Tamayo, Spanish Minister of National Education.
Dr. E. Leuze, Economics Minister for Baden Württemberg.
Dr. Ernest Davies, M.P. Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Technology.
At all the other Conferences since 1954 the opening was by the President of the Institute or the Chairman of Conference Committee deputizing for him. I hope this list will be useful.
Regards,
Yours sincerely,
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