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P.B. 11

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

NFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUPPLEMENT

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DENYS ROBERTS

AT THE OPENING OF THE OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION FACTORY ON

14TH NOVEMBER, 1975

Mr. Evinrude, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Governor has asked me to say how sorry he is that he is unable

to be here himself today to officiate at the opening of this factory, for he

regards it as an important occasion.

Of course, scores of new factories open every year in Hong Kong.

Most of them are small and many are designed to produce well tried, traditional

goods. More and more of them, however, are seeking to break out of the

industrial fetters of the past and to move from simple products to those

which demand a higher level of technology. The Outboard Marine Corporation

is not only a splendid example of this new enterprise, but it represents new

policies for Hong Kong and for your distinguished company.

It is the first example of our special procedure for making land

available for selected industries which, by their nature, cannot be located

in tall buildings and which depend upon a high level of capital investment

per worker and a more skilled labour force.

For the Outboard Marine Corporation, also, this factory involvea

a major change in policy. It is the first plant which you have established

outside the United States, Europe and Australia, and the first large plant

outside the United States itself. and it was more than a change in policy,

it was an expression of faith, not only in your own judgment but in the

future stability and prosperity of Hong Kong.

Generally speaking, I daresay that both the Hong Kong Government

and the Outboard Marine Corporation prefer well-tried and proven policies.

We do not believe in introducing changes until the advantages of doing s0

have been