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happy to meet conference members in any part of the Commonwealth he

happened to be.

"We are all very happy to have this opportunity to say 'hello'

to His Royal Highness again," Kr. Ting commented.

Common-

The conference he had uttended, which was typical, had lasted

three weeks. Of the participants, 50 per cent wore from the United

Kingdom and 50 per cent from other parts of the Commonwealth,

wealth areas themselves had set up machinery based in Britain for the

selection of nominees.

Commonwealth representatives were mostly young businessmen with

cxecutive positions in industry. On everage, cach conference was

attended by 200 participants, representing equally both labour and

management.

Mr. Ting said the theme of the conference he had attended was

"Industry in Society". Members both heard and delivered lectures on

many aspects of the theme, based on their own experience. Experts were on

hand to answer questions.

"All the elements making up an industrial society were thoroughly

discussed, with an inter-relationship which became evident as the

conference progressed," Mr. Ting recalled.

The conference devoted much time to the study of how society was

evolving as a result of the rapid modernisation of industry; how

pollution caused by industrial effluents was affecting the ecclogy of

/any areas