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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
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Thursday, January 11, 1973
PRESENTATION OF GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR HONG KONG DESIGN
Full Text Of Governor's Speech
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today presented award to
winners in the "Governor's Award for Hong Kong Design 1973" competition
at a ceremony in Government House.
ceremony:
The following is the full text of the Governor's speech at the
Traditionally Hong Kong has manufactured goods to the specifications
of buyers elsewhere. Now we are being made conscious of a need to manufacture
goods to designs which are our own.
"With the need the talent to meet it has emerged rapidly. The
standard of this year's entries indicates how fast this talent has matured.
"I am sure that this annual presentation organised by the Federation
of Hong Kong Industries has done much to stimulate awareness of, and interest in, this trend towards improving design standards.
"But in industry there is no substitute for the profit motive.
Awards for good design may be a source of pride, but the real reward for
good design should be customer appeal.
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