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...VICTA HIPOLITO Kawit, the Philippines...
...tell bits of the story so far. There are galleries devoted to indigenous peoples, British settlement, immigration, and 1960s suburbia - where you will find a display recreating the kitchen-and-backyard idyll that nurtured the baby boomers. Looming large in this time capsule is a petrol-powered, rotary-engine Victa lawnmower and, tucked inside a cupboard, a Sunbeam Mixmaster. The two products speak of a time of rising prosperity in which Australians aspired to a house on a quarter-acre block, children played in the backyard after school, and people did their own chores, like mowing grass and baking cakes...
...chief guardian of the Victa and Sunbeam brands today is Ian Campbell, managing director of GUD Holdings. The tall, trim Campbell has a modest office in Melbourne's western suburbs above a plant that once made Ryco oil filters for automobiles. But last month, after reducing his workforce from 600 six years ago to just 50, Campbell closed the factory. Ryco-brand products will now be made overseas. "The total cost of labor for a process worker is $A49,000 a year. In China, it's $A2,500 a year. Add the cost of shipping and other things...
...wool manufacturer will take that idea to their grave. But if you have a good product at the right price, supported by warranty and after-sales service, that argument doesn't hold water." However, China does present a significant new challenge for Campbell when it comes to Victa, which also benefits from cheaper component costs for its lawnmowers. The company has traditionally held about 50% of local sales. But in the past year, a new brand called Talon, made in China, has entered Australia and has already taken an estimated 20% of the market. "The Chinese are trying...
...true American patriot who defended his beliefs and, through the strength of his convictions plus sheer determination, reasserted the U.S.'s position as the global economic and military superpower that it is today. All the freedom-loving peoples of the world owe him a huge debt of gratitude. Jim Victa Hipolito Kawit, the Philippines Gibbs wrote that Reagan was "a man of easy grace and endless hope." But it's not hard to be that way when you're not bothered by the details of reality. Reagan was such a man. How many spiraling budget deficits and Nicaraguans killed...