1.
MS MR. RAMSEY AKONOR RECEIVES MR. OMABOE AND PARTY AND THEY START WALKING.
0.07

2.
MS MR. OMABOE AND OTHERS IN THE FACTORY OF THE STATE TEXTILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
0.15

3.
PAN (LEFT TO RIGHT - COTTON WOOL.
0.23

4.
CU DITTO.
0.27

5.
MCU MACHINES AT WORK. (3 SHOTS)
0.37

6.
CU WORKERS.
0.38

7.
MS MR. OMABOE AND PARTY GOING ROUND. (2 SHOTS)
0.45

8.
MCU WORKINGS.
0.52

9.
MS MR. OMABOE AND PARTY.
0.53

10.
MS PRINTING OF CLOTH. (3 SHOTS)
1.05

11.
MS MR. OMABOE AND PARTY LOOKING AT PRINTED CLOTH.
1.08

12.
MS PRINTING OF CLOTH. (4 SHOTS)
1.23

13.
MS MR. OMABOE AND PARTY WALKING TO THE GHANA TEXTILE PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED.
1.30

14.
CU PRINTING MACHINE.
1.33

15.
MS MR. OMABOE AND OTHERS GOING ROUND. (4 SHOTS)
1.47

16.
MS & CU A MAN WORKING. (4 SHOTS)
1.58

17.
PAN (RIGHT TO LEFT) MR. OMABOE AND OTHERS LOOKING ROUND.
2.03

18.
MS PRINTING CLOTH.
2.08

19.
CU PRINTED CLOTH. (4 SHOTS)
2.17

20.
MCU MAN FOLDING CLOTH.
2.22

21.
CU PACKING OF PRINTED CLOTH.
2.25

22.
MS MAN WORKING ON PRINTED CLOTH.
2.32



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Background: GHANA'S COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, MR. E.N. OMABOE, WARNED THAT THE IMPORT OF TEXTILES INTO GHANA MAY HAVE TO BE REGULATED IN FUTURE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL TEXTILE INDUSTRIES. HE WAS SPEAKING AFTER A TOUR OF SOME OF GHANA'S TEXTILES INSTALLATIONS AT TEMA.

MR. OMABOE, VISITING FIRST THE STATE TEXTILES FACTORY AT TEMA, SAID THAT LOCAL TEXTILE FACTORIES HAD REACHED THE STAGE WHERE THEY COULD MEET LOCAL DEMAND, AND EVEN BEGIN TO EXPORT.

MR. OMABOE WAS MAKING HIS TOUR TO FIND OUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

HIS SECOND VISIT WAS TO THE GHANA TEXTILE PRINTING COMPANY, A JOINTLY-OWNED STATE AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. MR. OMABOE WOULD HOLD UP HIS TOUR BY VISITING THE GHANA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A PRIVATE-OWNED CONCERN.

AT THE CONCLUSION, MR. OMABOE SAID THAT GHANA'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY WAS OPEN TO EXPANSION AND THE GOVERNMENT FELT THAT IT COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR EXPORT INDUSTRY.