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The charges are nominal as they are intended to serve only as a means of control and not as a means of raising revenue. Users of the facility are likely to be students.
The Listening Library Fees (Consolidation) Notice replaces the existing notice fixing the fee for the use of the facilities in a library for listening to records and provides, in addition, for the fees to be charged for the use of video cassette viewing equipment.
I beg to move.
MRS. GRACE HO (in English): -I second the motion.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI (in English):-Mr. Chairman, I will vote for the motion, but I do hope that for future Members of the Urban Council, when perhaps we are all gone, it will be remembered that the charges are nominal. I would not like to see the charges put up against the cost for running these services.
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Mrs. ELLIOTT, would you like to exercise your right of reply?
MRS. ELLIOTT (in English):-Nothing, really, except to say that I hope that this will be recorded and carried out as Mr. BERNACCHI says.
The question was put.
The motion was carried unanimously.
FAREWELL TO MR. PETER P. F. CHAN AND MR. JOHN MacKENZIE
CHAIRMAN (in English):-Two Members of this Council have expressed their wish to stand down at the end of the financial year so on this occasion, which is their last public meeting, I would like to thank them for their services on behalf of the Council.
The first, Mr. Peter P. F. CHAN, joined the Council in 1968. The second, Mr. John MACKENZIE, in March 1971. In these years, Mr. CHAN served several Select Committees in a very dedicated manner. He is the current Chairman of the Markets and Abattoirs Select Committee. In all the time that he has held this post, Mr. CHAN has shown himself completely competent in the negotiations which were carried out in a very patient manner with the Five Guilds and in putting into effect the policies of the Council in the public interest. In addition, Mr. CHAN has advised the Council in a clear manner on matters concerning the Memorandum of Administrative Arrangements, where his professional opinion has been of benefit. He has expressed himself politely and firmly on issues which in effect represented a most important point not only binding the Council in the present but also for the future. I am sure we are all grateful to him for having discharged the position in a manner most beneficial to the Council.
Mr. John MACKENZIE has also served the Council with dedication and has given a great amount of time in the discharge of his duties. He has been most conscientious in re-organizing the administration of the Council after its reconstitution. Many of the procedures which Members now take for granted were, in fact, inspired by Mr. MACKENZIE'S management experience. His views on these matters have certainly been most productive to the Council. Members will remember too Mr. MACKENZIE's dedication to the course of better management. Apart from these services within the Council, Mr. MACKENZIE has exercised and continues to perform the functions of the Chairman of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society in an exemplary manner. That post entails a tremendous amount of work and a great deal of patience, and he has certainly done the Council proud.
Therefore, on your behalf, I would like to thank most sincerely Mr. Peter P. F. CHAN and Mr. John MACKENZIE and to wish them and Mrs. CHAN and Mrs. MACKENZIE abundant success and happiness in the years ahead. (Applause).
MR. PETER P. F. CHAN (in English):-Mr. Chairman, may I thank you very much for your very kind words. Twelve years is a comparatively long period of time by any standards and I cannot help but be somewhat sentimental and say that suddenly I am in love with the Council and to say that I will miss it. However, with the experience gained during my period of service in the Council which provides an object lesson in politics and, of course, also in macro and micro economics and with the benefit of advice from you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. TINSON, members of the department and fellow colleagues, both senior and junior, both appointed and elected, I am sure and I am happy that I will be better equipped to improve my quality of service in this community in other fields in the years to come. With these remarks, may I wish the Council every success and its Members happy, pleasant, creative and productive deliberations. Thank you. (Applause).
MR. JOHN MACKENZIE (in English):-Mr. Chairman, I am sure that many feel that I have spoken too much over the years and, for the moment, I will accept the judgement and be brief. It has been very gratifying, Sir, that so many Members, both appointed and elected, have expressed their regret that I should be leaving the Council at this time. Gratifying because the Council Members are the best, if not the only, judges of the individual efforts and contributions to our work, and aspirations. Sir, the kind words you have spoken today I accept with pleasure and humility. May I say simply that I shall always remember with appreciation, the consideration and
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