THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980
HONG KONG'S PART IN PROMOTION OF MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY URGED THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH WILL SOON BE ORGANISING A PROGRAMME FOR A SMALL GROUP FROM PEKING, TO ALSO FOSTER THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GUANGDONG.
SPEAKING AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE ASSOCIATION AT NEW WORLD CENTRE THIS EVENING, SIR MURRAY SAID AS GUANGDONG EMBARKS ON ITS PLANS FOR MODERNISATION IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A GREAT NUMBER OF TRAINED MANAGERS.
+CHINESE LEADERS IN GUANGDONG HAVE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY ARE SHORT OF SUCH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL TURMOILS OF THE PREVIOUS DECADE.
+THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE USE OF HONG KONG'S EXPERIENCE TO HELP TRAIN THE PEOPLE THEY NOW NEED.
+1 HAVE SAID I AM SURE THAT, IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WISH, ORGANISATIONS LIKE THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION WOULD BE ABLE AND WILLING TO RUN SEMINARS ON MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES OR TO SHARE IN OTHER WAYS THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE BUILT UP,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH:
+1 AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR INVITATION TO THIS EVENING'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. LIKE MR TUNG I WOULD LIKE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO THE GIANTS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT WHO INITIATED, FOSTERED AND ARE CONTINUALLY STRENGTHENING THE WORK OF THIS ASSOCIATION.
+ I AGREE WITH YOU, MR TUNG, THAT AS FROM THE EARLY 60'S A SORT OF SEA-CHANGE COMMENCED IN HONG KONG. BY THEN THE MIRACLE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL HONG KONG HAD BEEN CREATED, IT HAD BEEN CREATED BY PERSONAL FLAIR AND EVEN GENIUS AND BY ENERGY, IMAGINATION, BUSINESS ACUMEN, HARD WORK, AND FINANCIAL COMPETENCE. IT WAS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF A REMARKABLE GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS. BUT AT THE TIME THIS ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED A POINT HAD BEEN REACHED AT WHICH SOMETHING MORE WAS NEEDED TO PROMOTE FURTHER PROGRESS. THIS SOMETHING MORE+ CAME ALRIGHT. IT HAD MANY INGREDIENTS, AND THEY INCLUDED FAVOURABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS BOTH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC, BUT ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ADDITIONS WAS A NEW STYLE OF MANAGEMENT BASED ON MORE SCIENTIFIC METHODS THAN IN THE RUGGED FORMATIVE YEARS.
+THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED HAVE BECOME SOMETHING OF A LEGEND. IT HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A QUESTION OF VISIBLE PROSPERITY BUT OF STEADY PROGRESS IN EVERY FACET OF OUR COMMUNITY'S LIFE, WHICH HAS TRANSFORMED HONG KONG INTO A GREAT INTERNATIONAL CENTRE. KNOWN AND RESPECTED ALL OVER THE WORLD, LIVING IN FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND ABLE AND WILLING TO PLAY A PART IN ITS MODERNISATION,
/+THE CONTRIBUTION
T