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香港政府
GIS
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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Wednesday,
SUPPLEMENT
PRESENTATION OF GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR HONG KONG DESIGN
Full Text Of Governor's Speech
The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today presented award to
winners in the "Governor's Award for Hong Kong Design" competition at a
ceremony in Government House.
ceremony:
The following is the full text of the Governor's speech at the
"It is a great pleasure to be able again to acknowledge the
efforts made to advance the quality of Hong Kong design and improve the
image of Hong Kong products oversees.
We have just experienced a year of exceptional difficulty
and anxiety in which orders were scarce, margins had to be cut to the
bone, and real distress was felt by many.
Nevertheless, during this period
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Hong Kong re-acquired something it was in danger of losing during the
inflation and the stock market mania of 1973 and 1974 its highly
competitive edge in what matters most to Hong Kong
industry.
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its export
"During my recent absence in the United Kingdon and America. a
well-known figure remarked to me that Hong Kong's management and work
force were so sensitive to demand, and so quick to adapt to it, that the
slightest puff anywhere in the world's economy would fill Hong Kong's sails.
"Indeed I was impressed and encouraged by views expressed to mo
everywhere that Hong Kong would quickly benefit from the slow recovery in
the world now beginning. I believe this to be true. We are still some way short of complete recovery, and we may not be looking for a return of
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 2293191 •