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/THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1975.
+DURING THIS PERIOD MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR NO LESS THAN POPULATION AND GOVERNMENT WILL ALL HAVE TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND UNDERSTANDING IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH EACH OTHER. IF THE PRESENT AND IMMEDIATE FUTURE MAY BE DISAPPOINTING WE CAN REST ASSURED
IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER.
+MEANWHILE IN FACTORY AND BUSINESS HOUSES, IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE OFFICES OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABROAD, WE MUST DO ALL THAT ENERGY AND IMAGINATION CAN TO CONTRIVE THAT WHEN THE UP-TURN COMES AS COME IT WILL, HONG KONG WILL BE THE FIRST TO CLIMB OUT OF. THE TROUGH AND RESUME ITS FORMER EXPANSION TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL ITS CITIZENS.
+OBVIOUSLY A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY RESTS ON OUR SALESMEN WHO HAVE TO GO OUT AND CULTIVATE MARKETS WHERE THEY CAN BE FOUND, RATHER THAN, AS IN EASIER DAYS, WAITING FOR THE BUYERS TO COME TO THEM. THIS IS HAPPENING, AND HERE I WOULD LIKE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
*I AM SURE THAT A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FUTURE WILL BE, AND INDEED MUST BE IF WE ARE TO MAINTAIN OUR GROWTH IN THE FACE OF INCREASING LOW-COST COMPETITION, BETTER QUALITY AND MORE SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS, BRINGING WITH THEM THE PROSPECT OF GROWTH ON THE BASIS OF HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND MORE SKILLED AND BETTER PAID EMPLOYMENT. IN THIS OBVIOUSLY DESIGN WILL PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE.
+IT IS AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND THAT TODAY'S PRIZE WINNING ENTRIES WERE CONCEIVED AND PRODUCED. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT OUR MANUFACTURERS HAVE ACCEPTED THE SITUATION WHICH CONFRONTS THEM AS ONE OF CHALLENGE THE KIND OF SITUATION, IN FACT, WHICH BRINGS OUT THOSE OUTSTANDING QUALITIES OF INITIATIVE, VERSATILITY AND DRIVE WHICH HAVE CHARACTERISED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN THE PAST.
+I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PRODUCTS MATCH UP TO THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS WHICH, AS YOU HAVE OBSERVED, MR. ANN, CONSUMERS OVERSEAS ARE COMING INCREASINGLY TO DEMAND.
+TODAY'S AWARD WINNING PRODUCTS AMPLY DEMONSTRATE THE HIGH TECHNICAL SKILLS AND CREATIVE ABILITY WHICH EXIST IN HONG KONG AND I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT SIR MISHA BLACK CONSIDERS THEY WOULD WIN DESIGN COMPETITIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
+WHAT I THINK IS OF EQUAL SIGNIFICANCE IS THE WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH THEY REPRESENT. ELECTRONICS, ONE OF OUR NEWER AND MOST MODERN INDUSTRIES, IS AGAIN WELL REPRESENTED BUT THE QUALITY OF DESIGN DISPLAYED IN THE PRODUCTS OF OTHER INDUSTRIES IS EQUALLY HIGH. THIS INDICATES THAT THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL IS SUCCEEDING IN ITS TASK OF IMPRESSING UPON ALL HONG KONG INDUSTRY THE NEED TO USE TO THE FULL THE DESIGN SKILLS AND ABILITIES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE HERE. NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, MUST BE MOST ENCOURAGED BY THIS.
/+I AM INTERESTED