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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1983
+HARD-WORKING PEOPLE BEHIND HK'S SUCCESS+
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THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR JOHN YAXLEY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THAT HONG KONG'S STRENGTH AND SUCCESS AS A LEADING INDUSTRIAL AND TRADING ENTITY, WAS DUE VERY MUCH TO ITS HARD-WORKING ENTREPRENEURS WITH THEIR FLAIR, IMAGINATION AND INNOVATIVE AND FLEXIBLE OUTLOOK, MATCHED BY AN INTELLIGENT AND EQUALLY HARD WORKING LABOUR FORCE.
HE WAS ADDRESSING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE COTTON SPINNERS ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT EVEN THOUGH HONG KONG WAS FACING PROBLEMS, INCLUDING SEVERE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY SOME MAJOR IMPORTING COUNTRIES ON CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF EXPORTS AND INCREASING COMPETITION FROM OTHER EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES, THE FUTURE WAS FAR FROM GLOOMY ESPECIALLY IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.
+THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GRADUATING TODAY AND INDEED ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE SCHOO. OR WHO WILL BE COMING TO IT IN THE YEARS TO COME, CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME EXCITING CHANGES WHICH WILL BE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS WHICH CURRENTLY CONFRONT US, SAID MR YAXLE ?.
+IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO ADAPT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DIVERSIFICATION BY PRODUCING A WHOLE NEW RANGE OF UP-MARKET GOODS, IN PARTICULAR IN THE GARMENT, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS AND TOYS AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES.
+THESE GOODS WILL BE TECHNICALLY MORE SOPHISTICATED AND YOU WILL FIND, I AM SURE, THAT THE SOLID FOUNDATION OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WHICH YOU HAVE GAINED HERE AT THIS SCHOOL, COMBINED WITH YOUR INTRODUCTION TO BROAD-BASED TECHNICAL SKILLS, WILL ENABLE YOU TO PROVIDE HONG KONG'S NEEDS FOR WELL TRAINED AND HIGHLY SKILLED MANPOWER,+ MR YAXLEY CONCLUDED.
PUBLIC HELP SOUGHT IN ANTI-DRUG FIGHT
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HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE URGED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR GORDON MORTIMER, TO JOIN ACTIVELY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTics.
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTH, MR MORTIMER SAID COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WAS A CORNERSTONE OF THE STRATEGY FOR COMBATING DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG THROUGH PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY.
+THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN HAD THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES. HE SAID.
THE FIRST