RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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Speech by the Honourable the Attorney General
Mr Michael Thomas, CMG, QC,
in Legislative Council on
Wednesday, 26 November 1986
34 You 301,
REGATRY
"Action Taken
DEBATE ON THE MOTION OF THANKS
Sir,
There was a time not long ago, when the speeches by the Members in this debate were thought
Like a hares of as a gentlemanly cross country run.
and hound course along the MacLehose trail the object was fitness rather than competition and the whole of Hong Kong, the issues and the places, would be examined at a leisurely pace.
Now it is different. The analogy is
rather with the New York marathon with many participating and the competition extremely fierce. Despite the earlier admonitions of the race marshal, there was quite a bit of jostling on the bends.
My colleagues and I are nonetheless
grateful for the thoroughness of inspection of
government policies, the diversity of views
expressed and the vigour and frankness of Honourable Members' speeches.
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