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18. MAY 1970
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Finnish Regional Development Policy
The magnificent Red Deer in the Finnish woodlands,
silhouetted against the setting sun
Tuesday of this week,
His Excellency, Monsieur
Otso Wartiovaara, Finnish
Ambassador, spoke at a
Press Conference given at
the Highlands and Islands
Development Board.
From the purely geographi¬
cal standpoint one can imagine
what a challenge the Highlands
and Islands Development Board
faces in Scotland. It is reminis¬
cent of the conditions in some
parts of my country—remote
areas in the archipelago, the
Finnish Lake District or the
Northern part of Finland. No
doubt these regions have vir¬
tues of their own, which the
conservationists never cease to
admire, especially during this
European Conservation Year.
For the regional planners, how¬
ever, these areas are a source of
concern.
As you may know, Finland’s
population is 4.7 million. She is
larger in area than Great Brit¬
ain. Two thirds of the inhabi¬
tants live in he >south-western
and southern part of the
counuty, which is only one third
of the whole territory. Inter¬
national statistics quote the
standard of living of the Finns
to be amongst the top fifteen in
the world, a happy state of
affffairs. The national income
per person is £750, which is
FEISD DRAMA GHAIDHUG
GHLASCHU
^IR an t-seachduin seo
chaidh an Aitreabh nan
Gaidheal an Glaschu chruin-
nich 9 buidhnean drama air-
son an ceathramh feisd-dheug
aig Comunn Drama a bhaile
sin Mhair an Fheisd tri feas-
gair agus dh’fhoillsicheadh
tri dealbhan-cluiche gach
feasgar,
Tha an t-adhartas a rinn
drama Gaidhlig o chionn bea-
gan bhliadhnaichean a’ tighinn
an uachdar gu sonruichte aig an
Fheisd. Agus tha e nise ri
fhaicinn gu bheil an gnothuch
a’ tighinn gu ire gu h-araidh
thaobh nan cluichean ’snan
cluicheadairean.
As na naoi dealbhan-cluiche
chaidh air an ard-urlar sgriobh-
adh ooig dhiubh ’sa Ghaidhlig
agus bha ceithir air an fadar-
theangachadh o’n Bheurla. Ged
a bha uair nach fhaiiceadh
neach na bu chomasaiche na
dealbhan-eibhinn goirid a’dol
mu choinneamh luchd-eisdeachd
Gaidhlig se ’s coltaiche nach
robh comedi anns an robh
moran fiach am measg nan naoi
dealbhan-cluiche seo.
’Se Comunn Drama Ghaid¬
hlig Inbhir-Nis a thog an ard-
dhuais leis an dealbh-cluiche
“A Bhean Uaine” a sgriobh
Ruairidh MacFhiqnghuin,
Peairt. ’Se fear-deilhhe Inbhir-
Nis S. .Hamilton a fhuair an
duais airson an dealbhadh a b'
fhearr aig an Fheisd. Thuirt
am breitheamh,. Seonaidh A.
Mac a’ phearsain, mu
Chomunn Inbhir-Nis, “ Ged
tha failigidhean air an dealbh-
cluiche seo cha robh sin follais-
each bho ’n doigh anns an
deacha deanamh le grinneas is
snas a thug buaidh air a h-uile
duine bha ’san eisdeachd.”
Air oidhche-h-Aoine bha Na
h-Eileanaich a Leodhus air an
spiris le dealbh-cluiche a
sgriobh Iain C. MacA’Ghobh-
ainn. B’e seo “A’ Chuirt” agus
fhuair iadsan Geall-dubhlain
Gairm airson an dealbh-cluiche
a b’fhearr a rinneadh bho thus
an Gaidhlig. “ Mar dhealbh-
cluiche bha e seo air thoiseach,
anns a h-uile doigh, air an
fheadhainn eile ’s ged a chun-
nacas i mar tha cha do chaill
i buaidh” a bh’aig a’ bhritheamh
ri radh mu’n “Chuirt.”
A thuilleadh air Na h-Eilean¬
aich is Comunn Drama Gaid¬
hlig Inbhir-Nis bha na leanas
aig an Fheisd, Comunn Drama
Gaidhlig Dhuneidean ‘A’ agus
‘ B,’ Comunn Oiseanach Ghlas-
chu, Comunn Sgitheanach
Ghlaschu, Comunn Drama Eire-
asard, Comunn Mhuile is I,
Comunn Drama Ghaidhlig an
t-Obain.
Duaisean:
An Actar a b’fhearr—Mar-
tainn Domhnullach
A Bhan-Actar — Caitriona
Christie.
An Dealbh-cluiche • — ‘A’
Chuirt.’
(Continued on page 9)
slightly higher than in Great
Britain. The distribution of
incomes is not, however, even.
This was brought out in the
last parliamentary elections in
March 1970. According to the
OECD report, economic de¬
velopment in Finland after the
1967 devaluation was remark¬
able, almost textbooklike. When
election time came, however,
opposition was greater than ex¬
pected. The previous one-man
party, severely criticising the
measures taken by the large
majority coalition Cabinet, in¬
creased its number of seats to
18 and got 10.5% (Vennamo)
of all the votes.
Undoubtedly this was in
some way due to the fact that
the regional development policy
measures, with their relatively
short history in Finland, have
not yet made an impact. If we
overlook some Government
measures affecting certain de¬
velopment regions, we can start
from 1966, when the first
efforts were made to create a
genuine regional development
policy and when the Regional
Development Board was foun¬
ded. Three years later the
Board completed its proposals
for a new comprehensive plan.
The measures suggested were
divided according to the effeas
on three groups, manpower, en¬
terprise and community. Low
productivity is a major problem
in Finnish development regions
as a result of the dominant
role of primary production and
the slow structural .change.
Thus, produaive resources
should be channelled into fast
growing and competitive indus¬
tries. Efforts are being directed
towards increasing inter-occupa¬
tional and inter-regional mobi¬
lity of labour, bearing in mind
that the population centres
created this way should be large
and diversified enough to sup¬
port the standard of services.
The new legislation divides
the less developed regions into
two zones. Only the southern
and south-western parts of the
country are left outside these
zones. The first zone covers the
eastern and the northern part of
the country and the second
zone, the central part of
the country. Measures directed
towards labour aim at improv-
(Continued on page Z) '
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AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH
Ahertarff House Inverness
Finnish Regional Development Policy
The magnificent Red Deer in the Finnish woodlands,
silhouetted against the setting sun
Tuesday of this week,
His Excellency, Monsieur
Otso Wartiovaara, Finnish
Ambassador, spoke at a
Press Conference given at
the Highlands and Islands
Development Board.
From the purely geographi¬
cal standpoint one can imagine
what a challenge the Highlands
and Islands Development Board
faces in Scotland. It is reminis¬
cent of the conditions in some
parts of my country—remote
areas in the archipelago, the
Finnish Lake District or the
Northern part of Finland. No
doubt these regions have vir¬
tues of their own, which the
conservationists never cease to
admire, especially during this
European Conservation Year.
For the regional planners, how¬
ever, these areas are a source of
concern.
As you may know, Finland’s
population is 4.7 million. She is
larger in area than Great Brit¬
ain. Two thirds of the inhabi¬
tants live in he >south-western
and southern part of the
counuty, which is only one third
of the whole territory. Inter¬
national statistics quote the
standard of living of the Finns
to be amongst the top fifteen in
the world, a happy state of
affffairs. The national income
per person is £750, which is
FEISD DRAMA GHAIDHUG
GHLASCHU
^IR an t-seachduin seo
chaidh an Aitreabh nan
Gaidheal an Glaschu chruin-
nich 9 buidhnean drama air-
son an ceathramh feisd-dheug
aig Comunn Drama a bhaile
sin Mhair an Fheisd tri feas-
gair agus dh’fhoillsicheadh
tri dealbhan-cluiche gach
feasgar,
Tha an t-adhartas a rinn
drama Gaidhlig o chionn bea-
gan bhliadhnaichean a’ tighinn
an uachdar gu sonruichte aig an
Fheisd. Agus tha e nise ri
fhaicinn gu bheil an gnothuch
a’ tighinn gu ire gu h-araidh
thaobh nan cluichean ’snan
cluicheadairean.
As na naoi dealbhan-cluiche
chaidh air an ard-urlar sgriobh-
adh ooig dhiubh ’sa Ghaidhlig
agus bha ceithir air an fadar-
theangachadh o’n Bheurla. Ged
a bha uair nach fhaiiceadh
neach na bu chomasaiche na
dealbhan-eibhinn goirid a’dol
mu choinneamh luchd-eisdeachd
Gaidhlig se ’s coltaiche nach
robh comedi anns an robh
moran fiach am measg nan naoi
dealbhan-cluiche seo.
’Se Comunn Drama Ghaid¬
hlig Inbhir-Nis a thog an ard-
dhuais leis an dealbh-cluiche
“A Bhean Uaine” a sgriobh
Ruairidh MacFhiqnghuin,
Peairt. ’Se fear-deilhhe Inbhir-
Nis S. .Hamilton a fhuair an
duais airson an dealbhadh a b'
fhearr aig an Fheisd. Thuirt
am breitheamh,. Seonaidh A.
Mac a’ phearsain, mu
Chomunn Inbhir-Nis, “ Ged
tha failigidhean air an dealbh-
cluiche seo cha robh sin follais-
each bho ’n doigh anns an
deacha deanamh le grinneas is
snas a thug buaidh air a h-uile
duine bha ’san eisdeachd.”
Air oidhche-h-Aoine bha Na
h-Eileanaich a Leodhus air an
spiris le dealbh-cluiche a
sgriobh Iain C. MacA’Ghobh-
ainn. B’e seo “A’ Chuirt” agus
fhuair iadsan Geall-dubhlain
Gairm airson an dealbh-cluiche
a b’fhearr a rinneadh bho thus
an Gaidhlig. “ Mar dhealbh-
cluiche bha e seo air thoiseach,
anns a h-uile doigh, air an
fheadhainn eile ’s ged a chun-
nacas i mar tha cha do chaill
i buaidh” a bh’aig a’ bhritheamh
ri radh mu’n “Chuirt.”
A thuilleadh air Na h-Eilean¬
aich is Comunn Drama Gaid¬
hlig Inbhir-Nis bha na leanas
aig an Fheisd, Comunn Drama
Gaidhlig Dhuneidean ‘A’ agus
‘ B,’ Comunn Oiseanach Ghlas-
chu, Comunn Sgitheanach
Ghlaschu, Comunn Drama Eire-
asard, Comunn Mhuile is I,
Comunn Drama Ghaidhlig an
t-Obain.
Duaisean:
An Actar a b’fhearr—Mar-
tainn Domhnullach
A Bhan-Actar — Caitriona
Christie.
An Dealbh-cluiche • — ‘A’
Chuirt.’
(Continued on page 9)
slightly higher than in Great
Britain. The distribution of
incomes is not, however, even.
This was brought out in the
last parliamentary elections in
March 1970. According to the
OECD report, economic de¬
velopment in Finland after the
1967 devaluation was remark¬
able, almost textbooklike. When
election time came, however,
opposition was greater than ex¬
pected. The previous one-man
party, severely criticising the
measures taken by the large
majority coalition Cabinet, in¬
creased its number of seats to
18 and got 10.5% (Vennamo)
of all the votes.
Undoubtedly this was in
some way due to the fact that
the regional development policy
measures, with their relatively
short history in Finland, have
not yet made an impact. If we
overlook some Government
measures affecting certain de¬
velopment regions, we can start
from 1966, when the first
efforts were made to create a
genuine regional development
policy and when the Regional
Development Board was foun¬
ded. Three years later the
Board completed its proposals
for a new comprehensive plan.
The measures suggested were
divided according to the effeas
on three groups, manpower, en¬
terprise and community. Low
productivity is a major problem
in Finnish development regions
as a result of the dominant
role of primary production and
the slow structural .change.
Thus, produaive resources
should be channelled into fast
growing and competitive indus¬
tries. Efforts are being directed
towards increasing inter-occupa¬
tional and inter-regional mobi¬
lity of labour, bearing in mind
that the population centres
created this way should be large
and diversified enough to sup¬
port the standard of services.
The new legislation divides
the less developed regions into
two zones. Only the southern
and south-western parts of the
country are left outside these
zones. The first zone covers the
eastern and the northern part of
the country and the second
zone, the central part of
the country. Measures directed
towards labour aim at improv-
(Continued on page Z) '
CLUB LEABHAR
NOW
AVAILABLE
THE SERPENT
BY
NEIL M. GUNN
RETAIL PRICE 9/-
* ★ *
For details of future publications, etc., write to —
CLUB LEABHAR
Abertarff House
Church Street
Inverness
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