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| Haile Selassie the First - May 19, 1965 |
... Each day, throughout the Empire of Ethiopia, some new project is
initiated or completed, some new programme is launched, some new
achievement is won, some new step is taken in the never-ending labour to
which We and Our Government and people have dedicated ourselves in
the struggle to bring economic and social development to Ethiopia and the
fruits and benefits of modernity to Our people. A new school is opened; a
new road is begun; a new factory is inaugurated. It is in this fashion that
a nation advances, and the sum of these accomplishments, some great,
some small, but all important, brings us day by day ever closer to the goals
which we seek.
Today, it is with pleasure that We inaugurate this new cement factory.
For too long has Ethiopia been dependent on external sources for our
supplies of this essential commodity. As the pace of construction in Our
country has increased over the years, the need for the establishment of
domestic sources of production, has become ever more keenly felt. We
have good reason to believe that the time is not distant when we shall not
only be self-sufficient in cement production but shall be in a position to
supply other countries with this basic product. We are gratified to see that
Our country has the necessary raw materials, that the requisite technical
skills have been developed, and the other facilities which comprise this
plant have been installed and that today this plant stands ready to play its
role in the growth of the national economy.
The cement produced in this plant, will be used to build structures in
which men and women will live and work and it will, in general, serve Our
country. The care and devotion which has gone into the construction of
this factory must be matched by the skill and labour of those who will use
its productions, and failure at any step of the way will defeat the efforts of
all.
To the many who have participated in the project which today comes to
realization, We extend Our thanks: to the friendly Government of the
People's Republic of Yugoslavia; to the firms of INGRA and IMPRESIT
and their employees; to the Ethiopian Cement Corporation. Without the
concerted efforts of all, this plant would not today stand completed, ready
to do service to Our people.
initiated or completed, some new programme is launched, some new
achievement is won, some new step is taken in the never-ending labour to
which We and Our Government and people have dedicated ourselves in
the struggle to bring economic and social development to Ethiopia and the
fruits and benefits of modernity to Our people. A new school is opened; a
new road is begun; a new factory is inaugurated. It is in this fashion that
a nation advances, and the sum of these accomplishments, some great,
some small, but all important, brings us day by day ever closer to the goals
which we seek.
Today, it is with pleasure that We inaugurate this new cement factory.
For too long has Ethiopia been dependent on external sources for our
supplies of this essential commodity. As the pace of construction in Our
country has increased over the years, the need for the establishment of
domestic sources of production, has become ever more keenly felt. We
have good reason to believe that the time is not distant when we shall not
only be self-sufficient in cement production but shall be in a position to
supply other countries with this basic product. We are gratified to see that
Our country has the necessary raw materials, that the requisite technical
skills have been developed, and the other facilities which comprise this
plant have been installed and that today this plant stands ready to play its
role in the growth of the national economy.
The cement produced in this plant, will be used to build structures in
which men and women will live and work and it will, in general, serve Our
country. The care and devotion which has gone into the construction of
this factory must be matched by the skill and labour of those who will use
its productions, and failure at any step of the way will defeat the efforts of
all.
To the many who have participated in the project which today comes to
realization, We extend Our thanks: to the friendly Government of the
People's Republic of Yugoslavia; to the firms of INGRA and IMPRESIT
and their employees; to the Ethiopian Cement Corporation. Without the
concerted efforts of all, this plant would not today stand completed, ready
to do service to Our people.
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| The Cement Factory - Inauguration May 19, 1965 |
| Industrial Development |