TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1975
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AS HONG KONG HAS NO NATURAL RESOURCES IT MUST EXPORT ITS MANUFACTURES IN ORDER TO LIVE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID: +WE HAVE HAD A FORTUNATE COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE ARE UNLIKELY TO BE AS LUCKY AGAIN, FOR OUR TRADING PARTNERS ARE TENDING TO LOOK LESS FAVOURABLY ON US THAN ON OUR COMPETITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF OUR EXPORTS.
+WE HAVE, THEREFORE, TO EARN THEIR GOODWILL AND TO CONTINUE IMPROVING UPON THE QUALITY OF THE GOODS AND SERVICES THEY WANT TO BUY FROM US.+
MR. YEUNG SAID THAT GONE WERE THE DAYS WHEN A GOOD MANAGER WAS A PERSON WHO COULD EXPRESS HIMSELF WELL.
+NOWADAYS A GOOD MANAGER MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOUNDED ON SUCH THINGS AS THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF A PROPOSAL OR A PROJECT, THE COMPANY'S OR THE PROJECT'S CASH FLOW, AND THE LIKELY BEHAVIOUR OF HIS CLIENTELE, ALL OF WHICH REQUIRE A SOUND APPRECIATION OF PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS, HE SAID,