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Prime Minister Lee Kuan's speech at the inauguration of the Productivity Month '83 carries the theme 'Productivity - Time for Action'. PMLee says 'productivity simply is another name of a culture of partnership in an organisation'. He points out that with the government taking the lead in the productivity movement in the last two years, there is now widespread awareness of the need for productivity. The next step is 'to translate this awareness of the importance of productivity into action' and practice in workplaces by managers, supervisors and workers. If senior management and chief exceutives take 'a personal and direct interest in their companies' productivity drive, success is more assured'. A younger generation of Singaporean is ready to be trained to achieve higher productivity with management to be able to be competitive and to stay ahead in an interdependent world. PMLee touches on related issues which include: habits 'that make for higher productivity' once implanted 'are not easy to change'; results of Times Organisation survey in August on productivity; union leaders accepting that productivity is of 'mutual benefit to management and to workers'; 'old-fashioned notions' of managers exploiting workers and management viewing trade unionists as troublemakers. Speaking before PMis Chairman National Productivity Council, Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, who is also Minister of State for Trade and Industry. He delivers a brief welcome address.