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Tuesday, March 5, 1974
DC & I DIRECTOR TO VISIT FACTORIES
The Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. David Jordan, will be
making a "shop-floor" tour of two factories at Aberdeen tomorrow morning
(Wednesday) to see manufacturing operations in progress.
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lie is due to arrive at 9.45 a.m. at the National Cash Register
lianufacturing Company Ltd.,55 Wong Chuk Hang Road (first and second floor),
and will be received by the managing director, Mr. T.E. Jones.
The company manufactures electronic computer parts and memory cores.
It employs about 470 workers but the number is expected to increase to
more than 900 by the end of this year. The major export markets for the
firm's products are the United States, Britain, Switzerland and Germany.
The second factory Mr. Jordan will be visiting is Casey Diamonds
Ltd., 20 Wong Chuk Hang Road (first floor). He is due to arrive at 11.15 a.m.
and will be received by the managing director, Mr. Casey Liu.
The company employs 70 workers on the cutting and polishing of
diamonds, and its major export markets are the United States and South-east
Asia.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to have the visits covered. Please note that the management of Casey Diamondc Ltd. will not allow pictures to be taken in the production areas of the factory. There is no objection, however, to photographs being taken in the reception
areas.
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