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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1974.
IN HIS WIDE-RANGING SPEECH. MR. JORDAN ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING INDUSTRY AT HOME ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S MODIFIED LAND POLICY THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AND THE WORK OF HIS DEPARTMENT AND THE OCCASIONAL NEED TO RE-ORGANISE SOME OF THE DIVISIONS TO MEET UNEXPECTED TROUBLE SUCH AS THE OIL CRISIS."
ON THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, MR. JORDAN SAID THAT TEXTILES AND PLASTICS HAD BEEN TWO OF THE HARDEST HIT INDUSTRIES INDUSTRIES WHICH WERE ALREADY FACING STRONG COMPETITION FROM OVERSEAS.
BUT
MORE RECENTLY THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HAS SUFFERED SOME SECTORS OF IT REMAIN STRONG, MR. JORDAN SAID, ADDING THAT A SIMILAR PICTURE RECURS IN THE OTHER INDUSTRIES TOO.
+THE DIFFICULTIES THAT SOME INDUSTRIES HAVE FACED THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE BUT THEY HAVE, I THINK, ALSO BROUGHT ABOUT A VALUABLE RE-APPRAISAL BY THE MANUFACTURERS CONCERNED OF THE FUTURE OF THEIR INDUSTRIES,+ MR. JORDAN SAID.
ON THE MODIFIED LAND POLICY, HE SAID THAT UNDER IT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY PROVIDED TWO LARGE AMERICAN COMPANIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL INDUSTRIAL LAND SITES FOR COMPLETELY NEW PROJECTS.
+WE ARE CONSIDERING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OIL REFINERY AND PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX - IT SHOULD NOT BE TOO LONG BEFORE FURTHER DETAILED PROPOSALS BY THE COMPETING CONSORTIA ARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND WE ARE DEALING WITH SEVERAL OTHER POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL VENTURES WHICH ARE IN THE SAME GENERAL CATEGORY THAT IS, LAND AND CAPITAL INTENSIVE PROJECTS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF LAND, HE EXPLAINED.
MR. JORDAN SAID THAT THERE WAS INTEREST BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS IN SETTING UP NEW PROJECTS WHICH FIT OUR DEVELOPING LAND POLICY.
ON HIS OWN DEPARTMENT, MR. JORDAN SAID THAT HE +HIVED-OFF+ A NEW DIVISION IN JANUARY THIS YEAR PARTLY IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE INDUSTRY DIVISION TO CONCENTRATE ON ITS JOB IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION.
+THIS BRINGS TOGETHER UNDER ONE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALL THAT PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK THAT IS CONNECTED WITH NECESSARY CONTROLS THAT WE EXERCISE EXCEPT FOR CONTROL OF TEXTILE EXPORTS WHICH REMAINS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS SIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT, HE EXPLAINED.
MR. JORDAN SAID THAT HE HAD RECENTLY TRANSFERRED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE RICE CONTROL SCHEME TO THE TRADE DIVISION.
+FOR THE FUTURE THE DIVISION, WHICH IS ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LIAISON WITH THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, EXPECTS ITS WORK TO GROW AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THE FIELD OF CONSUMER PROTECTION,+ HE POINTED OUT.
/ON THE PREVENTIVE