4065035
P.B. 31
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 involves
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 so
/have been
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