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Thursday, January 11, 1973

The urgent message for our manufacturers today is that better

design means higher profits and fuller order books. I take it that we

are here to help to drive that message home, as well as to congratulate

all concerned on the results of this annual competition.

"The greater sophistication of this year's entries is well

demonstrated by the product which has won the Governor's Award. The

automatic stack/array tester submitted by Ampex Ferrotec Ltd. is

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so advanced in fact that the

a highly complicated piece of equipment

judges had to ask a group of experts to evaluate its performance and

potential.

Revolutionary Concepts

"Particularly pleasing is the fact that this product was custon-nade

to meet precise local requirements. The team of young engineers involved spent

many months in research and development before producing a saleable product.

The equipment employs new and revolutionary concepts of testing, and costs

one tenth the price of conventional equipment. A number of sales have

already been negotiated and others are pending.

"Ampex Ferrotec's designers also won for the company the South

China Morning Post Award for the product showing the greatest originality

of thought. This was another sophisticated piece of testing equipment,

and I recall that the company won an award last year for electronic testing

equipment. My congratulations to Ampex Ferrotes and to their designers for

their consistently high performance in this field.

"I must