THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1985
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FAITH IN HK WILL BE REWARDED SIR EDWARD
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THE FAITH DEMONSTRATED BY THE THOMAS DE LA RUE COMPANY IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE WELL REWARDED, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID THIS WHEN HE OPENED THE COMPANY'S BANKNOTE PRINTING PLANT AT TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE COMPANY SHOWED THIS FAITH BY BRINGING TO THE TERRITORY
THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID HE HAD GREAT PLEASURE TO BE PRESENT AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW PLANT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHICH MARKED THE COMPANY'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY.
+ THE DE LA RUE COMPANY HAS A LONG AND IMPRESSIVE HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1835 WHEN ITS FOUNDER, THOMAS DE LA RUE, SET UP HIS FIRST FACTORY IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
+SINCE THEN, THE COMPANY HAS BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST SECURITY PRINTER, AND PRINTS BANKNOTES FOR OVER 70 COUNTRIES, + SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT.
+YOU BRING TO HONG KONG THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT, AND BY THIS YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY, SIR EDWARD SAID.
+ I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ALL WHO WORK FOR YOU AND WITH YOU IN HONG KONG WILL DO THEIR UTMOST TO ENSURE THAT THE CONFIDENCE YOU HAVE SHOWN IS WELL REWARDED, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID THE OPENING OF THE PLANT IN THE TA PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WAS ALSO AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, WHOSE OBJECTIVES ARE THE PROVISION OF WELL SERVICED SITES FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT CANNOT BE OPERATED IN ORDINARY MULTI-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS.
+ IN THIS RESPECT THE CORPORATION HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN DIVERSIFYING AND BROADENING HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL BASE,+ HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID THE CORPORATION WAS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING A NUMBER OF OTHER SERIOUS ENQUIRIES. HE HOPED THAT THESE WOULD LEAD TO MORE FACTORIES TAKING UP SITES.
HE CONGRATULATED THE COMPANY AND ALL THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT AND WISHED THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
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