Mr. David Miscavige Chairman of the Board,
Religious Technology Center
Opening Address
In honor of L. Ron Hubbard’s Birthday 1999
From our newest nations of Tonga and the Cook Islands — to Tokyo, Los Angeles and Moscow. Even high above the Arctic Circle in Lapland, where a regional Chamber of Commerce now spreads L. Ron Hubbard’s ethics technology — this is truly an evening like no other, with more than 130 nations across every continent.
But, when one says every continent, one generally means every inhabitable continent. Yet, when speaking of that vast polar region to the south, Antarctica, the word inhabitable doesn’t necessarily connect. For here is a seriously remote landscape — substantially colder than the north pole counterpart, with winds up to 180 miles per hour. But on the other hand, Scientology just isn’t Scientology without the adventure of fully global dissemination. And so, I take you to Antarctica where two Scientologists have just traveled and our flag has been firmly planted on that continent. Now, that’s all seven continents of earth.
But if that’s the sheer physical scope of L. Ron Hubbard’s presence, let’s consider that scope in practical terms.
We are dramatically expanding with new Scientology missions in every corner of the globe. This year, Scientology missions opened in: Fiji; Montreal, Canada; Lahti, Finland; Nigeria and Novo-kuzneck, Russia. As well as three new missions in Hungary: Keszethely, Esztergomi and Veszprém. There were also five new missions in the United States: Reno; Detroit; Burbank; Piedmont, Virginia; and Los Angeles. Finally, six new missions opened in Italy: Bologna; Assemini; Asti; Carpi; Vicenza Centro and Milano.
That’s a grand total of nineteen new missions opened, just in the last six weeks.
