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happy to meet conference members in any part of the Commonwealth he
happened to be.
"We are all very happy to have this opportunity to say 'hello'
to His Royal Highness again," Kr. Ting commented.
Common-
The conference he had uttended, which was typical, had lasted
three weeks. Of the participants, 50 per cent wore from the United
Kingdom and 50 per cent from other parts of the Commonwealth,
wealth areas themselves had set up machinery based in Britain for the
selection of nominees.
Commonwealth representatives were mostly young businessmen with
cxecutive positions in industry. On everage, cach conference was
attended by 200 participants, representing equally both labour and
management.
Mr. Ting said the theme of the conference he had attended was
"Industry in Society". Members both heard and delivered lectures on
many aspects of the theme, based on their own experience. Experts were on
hand to answer questions.
"All the elements making up an industrial society were thoroughly
discussed, with an inter-relationship which became evident as the
conference progressed," Mr. Ting recalled.
The conference devoted much time to the study of how society was
evolving as a result of the rapid modernisation of industry; how
pollution caused by industrial effluents was affecting the ecclogy of
/any areas