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Wednesday, January 1, 1975

O.B.E. (Officer Order of the British Empire).

Mr. Woo Hsiao-tsing

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Mr. Woo is the Managing Director of Atlas Electronics Corporation

Limited, the largest manufacturer of transistor radios in Hong Kong and

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one of the largest in the world.

He came to Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1949 and opened a small

radio workshop in Kowloon with assets of less than $10,000. In 1958, Mr. Woo

began assembling transistor radios from imported components and now he

has 13 separate plants employing over 4,000 workers and producing

over 400,000 transistor radios each month..

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Mr. Woo's exemplary enterprise and competence have characterised

the industrial development in Hong Kong over the past two docados and

have brought considerable benefits to the economy and the community--

He was appointed to the Trade and Industry Advisory Board

in 1972. He actively supports several charitable organisations.

1.S.0. (Imperial