FINDERRATINGS WOMANEVRONSTROSINAPY NAPAL EN PAPIRALNETARY
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BEGINS
AS GOVERNOR SIR EDWARD WORKED WITH GREAT DEDICATION ON
BEHALF OF HONG KONG IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY. THE SUCCESS OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS OWED
VERY MUCH TO HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS AND TO HIS JUDGEMENT. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED IN LONDON AS IN HONG KONG. COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE RELIED HEAVILY ON HIS WISE ADVICE. I HAVE HAD A CLOSE PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH HIM THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, CULMINATING IN HIS VISIT TO LONDON ONLY LAST WEEK. I SHALL FEEL HIS LOSS DEEPLY, NOT
LEAST AS A FELLOW WELSHMAN.
MY
SIR EDWARD WAS AN OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANT, WHO SERVED BOTH HIS OWN COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
WE AND THEY OWE HIM A GREAT DEVOTEDLY AND UNSTINTINGLY.
DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO 'LADY YOUDE AND THE
FAMILY.
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BY MR RENTON WAS ISSUED AT
I WAS SHOCKED AND DISTRESSED BY THE SUDDEN DEATH IN PEKING LAST NIGHT OF SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
DURING HIS LONG CAREER AS A DIPLOMAT, SIR EDWARD HAS SERVED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WITH GREAT DISTINCTION. WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM OVER THE LAST YEAR I HAVE COME I GREATLY TO ADMIRE HIS WISDOM, INSIGHT AND INTEGRITY. HAVE ALSO BEEN ENORMOUSLY IMPRESSED BY HIS DEVOTION AND LOYALTY TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
SIR EDWARD'S WIDOW AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
HAVE MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY.
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