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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1977
+AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY HAS PLAYED AND CONTINUES TO PLAY A VITAL PART IN OUR ECONGMY, AND LET NO ONE MISUNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESTRICTIONIST ATTITUDES ABROAD, OR OF OUR CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EEC THIS INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A VITAL PART FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME, THOUGH ITS COURSE MAY NOT BE EASY AND IT WILL CERTAINLY NEED TO SHOW IN THE FUTURE THE SAME FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY IT HAS SHOWN SO OFTEN IN THE PAST. THIS WILL NEED HIGHLY TRAINED MANPOWER AS WELL AS IMAGINATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT.
+SO THERE IS AN URGENT ROLE FOR THIS CENTRE TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF OUR CLOTHING INDUSTRY. JUDGING FROM THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE FROM APPLICANTS FOR ENROLMENT YOUNG WORKERS SEEM TO THINK SO TOO.
+FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU, MR. TIEN AND THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TRAINING AUTHORITY ON YOUR HARD WORK IN BRINGING THIS TRAINING CENTRE INTO BEING IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONTRACTORS FOR HAVING COMPLETED THE PROJECT SO EXPEDITIOUSLY.
+ NOW HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING OPEN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.+
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