Acting Permanent Secretary Dermon Spence and Executive Director Hopeton Heron at BSJ’s 50th Anniversary ceremony
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Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence (right), converses with Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Hopeton Heron, at the BSJ’s 50th Anniversary ceremony, at its Winchester Road offices in Kingston on Monday, July 15, 2019. The BSJ team was joined by representatives of the Ministry and its agencies, stakeholders, retirees, clients, friends and well-wishers at the ceremony. The anniversary celebrations will be used as an opportunity to celebrate the Bureau’s achievements and its continuous journey towards achieving greater effectiveness and efficiency in standardization.
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