MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1979
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10TH ANNIVERSARY OF HK INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) ORIGINALLY DESIGNED HONG KONG PRODUCTS WERE BECOMING COMMONPLACE SINCE THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1968.
SPEAKING AT THE DINNER CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL, SIR MURRAY NOTED THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS FIRST FORMED A PRODUCT WHICH WAS FULLY DESIGNED IN HONG KONG WAS A RARITY.
ON THE MODERN CONCEPT OF DESIGN, SIR MURRAY SAID IT GOES BEYOND THE STYLING OR EXTERNAL BEAUTY OF A PRODUCT AND INTO SUCH AREAS AS PRODUCT STRUCTURE, ITS FUNCTION AND ENGINEERING, THE USE OF MATERIALS, ECONOMIES OF PRODUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ERGONOMIC ASPECTS, TOO+.
SIR MURRAY SAID HE WAS SURE THE COUNCIL, FORMED BY THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, WOULD CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF DESIGN OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF HONG KONG DESIGN BY HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH-
+TONIGHT IS AN IMPORTANT OCCASION BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL. IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MY PREDECESSOR, SIR DAVID TRENCH, WHO PERSONALLY GAVE THE FIRST IMPULSE THAT RESULTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL.
+THE FEDERATION WAS INVOLVED AT AN EARLY STAGE AS WAS THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, AND IT WAS THROUGH THEM THAT THE FASHION FESTIVAL IN 1967 WAS HELD TO ENCOURAGE GARMENT MANUFACTURERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A DESIGN COMPETITION.
+THEN IN 1968 THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL WAS FORMED BY THE FEDERATION WITH SIR S.Y. CHUNG AS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN, SINCE THEN, UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF ITS VARIOUS CHAIRMEN AND DIRECTORS, IT HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
+WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS FIRST FORMED A PRODUCT WHICH WAS FULLY DESIGNED IN HONG KONG WAS A RARITY. NOW, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED HONG KONG PRODUCTS ARE BECOMING COMMONPLACE.
+THE COUNCIL'S MAJOR EVENT EACH YEAR HAS BEEN THE COMPETITION FOR THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. IT WAS FITTING THAT SIR DAVID TRENCH, WHOSE INITIATIVE HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF DESIGN CONSCIOUSNESS IN HONG KONG, SHOULD HAVE CHAIRED THE FIRST TEAM OF JUDGES.
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