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香港政府

GIS

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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUPPLEMENT

Tuesday, January 15, 1980

ACTING GOVERNOR PRESENTS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AWARDS

The following is the full text of the speech by the Acting

Governor, Sir Jack Cater, at the presentation of the 1980 Awards

for Hong Kong Design at Government House this evening:

Mr Wu, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to welcome you here this evening to this

annual event when we acknowledge the efforts of our industry to advance

the quality and design of Hong Kong products.

This occasion brings back fond memories of my association with

the Hong Kong Industrial Design Council. Mr du has antioned that I was in the judging panel for the first Governor's Award Design Competition.

I recall that the product selected for the Award was the aluminium frame

window developed by Petman Ltd. That was in 1969. Of course there have been many changes since then: our products have come a long way in terms

of improvement of design and quality.

I was somewhat surprised to learn that the Panel of Judges had decided to withhold the "Governor's Award for Hong Kong Design" this year.

The Governor's Award is The Judges are perfectly entitled to do this.

something special and it would be wrong to assume that it has to be awarded each year. Indeed, by withholding the Award on this occasion the Judges have enhanced the award's status, and, in the process, perhaps given an additional incentive to our designers to ratch the high standards associated with it. The Judges have clearly served notice on our designers

/that they

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191