WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974
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GOVERNOR TOURS TEXTILE FACTORY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAW MANUFACTURING
UPERATIONS IN PROGRESS THIS AFTERNOON AT A TSUEN WAN TEX-
TILE FACTORY EMPLOYING ABOUT 2,400 WORKERS.
HE WAS VISITING THE SOUTH SEA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CO.
LTD. FOR A SHOP-FLOOR TOUR OF ITS PREMISES AT 9-1/2 MILE-
STONE, CASTEL PEAK ROAD. THE FIRM PRODUCES COTTON AND MAN-
MADE FIBRE YARN AND CLOTH. ITS MAJOR MARKETS ARE BRITAIN,
THE UNITED STATES, INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
SIR MURRAY WAS MET AT THE FACTORY BY MR. JACK C. TANG,
CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, AND MR. Y.M. CHANG, DIRECTOR AND MILL MANAGER. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. J.D. MCGREGOR,
ACTING DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AND MR. K.H. YEUNG, PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCH.
A PREVENTIVE SERVICE LAUNCH TOOK THE GOVERNOR CLOSE TO
TSING YI ISLAND SO THAT HE COULD SEE SITES FOR TWO MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THE DOW CHEMICAL AND OUT-
BOARD MARINE CORPORATION MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
HE ALSO WATCHED THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE STAGE A +STRIKE
AND SEARCH+ ACTION TO DEMONSTRATE A 16-FOOT INFLATABLE CRAFT
WHICH IS BEING TESTED FOR OPERATIONAL USE IN COMBATTING DRUG
SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES.
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