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MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1977

NEED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING QUALITY GOODS

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HIGH QUALITY GOODS IN ANY FIELD BENEFIT ALL HONG KONG'S EXPORTERS ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST AS SHODDY GOODS DAMAGE ALL, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY DURING WHICH HE PRESENTED THE GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TO W. HAKING INDUSTRIES, HE SAID: +50 I AM SURE YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT A FIELD IN WHICH FOR ONE MOMENT, WE CAN AFFORD TO RELAX OUR EFFORTS.+

SIR MURRAY PRAISED THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL, CREATED BY THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES 8-1/2 YEARS AGO, FOR THE IMPORTANT PART IT PLAYED IN UPGRADING THE DESIGNS OF HONG KONG GOODS. HE SAID THE COUNCIL HAD BECOME A POTENT FORCE IN THE SEARCH FOR INVENTION AND HIGH STANDARDS.+

+ITS ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN WIDE-SPREAD AND ITS INFLUENCE GREAT, AND IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD THAT THE HONG KONG DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED, AND COURSES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN WERE INTRODUCED BY THE POLYTECHNIC, HE STRESSED.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF SIR MURRAY'S SPEECH:

MR. WU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

+SINCE WE LAST MET FOR THIS CEREMONY HONG KONG HAS MOVED FROM A STATE OF CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM TO THE PRESENT FLOOD OF RENEWED PROSPERITY, AND NOW HAS A GOOD PROSPECT OF SOLID IF LESS SPECTACULAR GROWTH IN THE YEARS AHEAD. THIS TURNABOUT HAS BEEN AS MUCH OF A RELIEF TO ALL OF US, AS IT HAS BEEN TO THE CREDIT OF ALL WHO WORK AND PLAN AND MANAGE IN HONG KONG.

+OF THESE WE ARE HERE TO HONOUR AND ENCOURAGE A PARTICULAR SELECT AND IMPORTANT GROUP - THOSE WHO DESIGN AND CHOOSE THE DESIGN OF OUR PRODUCTS - AND TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMY.

+ IT WAS FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES DECIDED TO CREATE THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL DESIGN COUNCIL 8-1/2 YEARS AGO.

+UNDER THE ABLE CHAIRMANSHIP OF DR. S.Y. CHUNG AND WITH THE DYNAMIC SUPPORT OF MRS. SUSAN YUEN IT HAS BECOME A POTENT FORCE IN THE SEARCH FOR INVENTION AND HIGH STANDARDS. ITS ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN WIDE-SPREAD AND ITS INFLUENCE GREAT. AND IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD THAT THE HONG KONG DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED, AND COURSES IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN WERE INTRODUCED BY THE POLYTECHNIC.

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