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FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1974
COVERNOR TOURS. GARMENT FACTORY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY SAŬ MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY WHOSE MULTI- MILLION DOLLAR EXPORTS MAKE IT A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.
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CONCLUDING HIS CURRENT SERIES OF FACTORY VISITS, SIR MURRAY MADE A SHOP-FLOOR TOUR OF MANDARIN TEXTILES LTD, 60 TO KWA WAM, ROAD, HUNG HON, WHERE 400 WORKERS ARE EMPLOYED ON MAKING FASHION GARIENTS FOR WOMEN, MOSTLY FOR EXPORT.
HONG KONG'S GARMENT INDUSTRY, COMPRISING OVER 4000 FACTORIES, ACCOUNTS FOR 38 PER CENT OF OUR TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND 31 PER CENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL LABOUR FORCE.
IT CURRENTLY EMPLOYS ABOUT 170,000 WORKERS, PRODUCING A WIDE VARIETY OF QUALITY, ITEMS. GARMENTS ACCOUNT FOR 76 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPORTS OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, WHICH NETTED MORE THAN $7,453 MILLION IN EXPORT EARNINGS LAST YEAR AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT OVER 1972...
THE UNITED STATES HAS CONSISTENTLY DEEN THE LARGEST OVERSEAS MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S GARMENT EXPORTS, ACCOUNTING FOR HORE THAN 30 PER CENT LAST YEAR. OTHER MAJOR HARKETS INCLUDE BRITAIN,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND JAPAN.
THE GOVERNOR WAS SHOWN ROUND THE LANDARIN FACTORY BY THE FIRM'S CHAIRMAN, MR. RONALD BRAND, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, HR. E.J. VECCHIOTTI. SIR HURRAY WAS. ACCOMPANIED BY IR. JINY MCGREGOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY; AND
MR. KEN YEUNG, PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER,. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCH.
SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES AND SIR DOUGLAS CLAGUE
TO RETAIN SPONOURABLE TITLE
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS GRANTED PERMISSION FOR SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES AND SIR COUGLAS CLAGUE TO RETAIN THE TITLE OF +HONOUARBLE ON THEIR RETIREMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
THE APPROVAL WAS ANNOUNCED`.IN A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.
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SIR ALBERT HAD SERVED THE COUNCIL FOR 15 YEARS WHILE SIR DOUGLAS FOR 13 YEARS. BOTH RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST MONTH.
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