Letter: Major and the manufacturers
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: It is good to see recognition of the important role engineers make to wealth creation from the Prime Minister ('Major rejects Thatcher view on manufacturing,' 4 March). We may be witnessing a change in attitudes to engineers and engineering in this country. There have been a number of signs.
One heartening example came in a survey which showed that a growing number of schoolchildren have a more correct perception of the role of a professional engineer. Perhaps we are seeing a merging of C. P. Snow's 'two cultures'.
Yours faithfully
RON KIRBY
Director of Public Affairs
The Engineering Council
London, WC2
4 March
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