Speech by I.C. Strachan
28th Sept., 1982
Revised Version
Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my privilege
and great pleasure to welcome you here on the occasion of the formal
opening of the first phase of the Castle Peak ('A') Power Station and the
associated Extra High Voltage Transmission Network which stretches some
miles through the hills of the New Territories behind us.
These projects were begun only four years ago and the fact that we are
assembled here today is in very large part attributable to the vision,
drive and irrepessible enthusiasm of one man - Lord Kadoorie. The growth
of China Light and Power Company into the massive organization it is today
has been closely associated with the successes of the Kadoorie family.
What began as a small venture in 1900 with capital of only $200,000
gradually blossomed and expanded, surviving the vicissitudes of
depression, summounting the horrors of war, and finally providing the
engine of growth for Hong Kong's unprecedented economic boom in the last
twenty years.
Mandy
Exxon Corporation or Esso as we know it more familiarly outside the
United States is proud to be associated with China Light in this power
station. Since 1964, Esso and China Light have been partners in the power
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