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WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1976
GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROBSON
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AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THE HON. JAMES ROBSON, WHO WILL RETIRE SHORTLY AFTER SEVEN YEARS MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL AND 30 YEARS OF +HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO HONG KONG+.
SIR MURRAY SAID MR. ROBSON WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS WORK AS A PLANNER FOR THE NEW TOWNS AND FOR HIS VIGOROUS INITIATION OF STUDIES AND PROCEDURES TO PRESERVE OUR ENVIRONMENT FROM POLLUTION.
MR. ROBSON, HE ADDED, HAD BEEN PERSONALLY AND INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH MANY OF THE LANDMARKS OF MODERN HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, THE RAILWAY TERMINUS, THE POLYTECHNIC AND THE KAI TAK RUNWAY.
+IN THIS COUNCIL, WE WILL REMEMBER HIM AS AN EXCELLENT COLLEAGUE THE LENGTH OF WHOSE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS WAS ONLY EQUALLED BY THE GOOD HUMOUR AND PREVITY OF HIS ANSWERS TO SUPPLE- MENTARIES. FEW HAVE BEEN LIKED MORE OR SERVED HONG KONG BETTER.+
THE GOVERNOR WISHED MR. ROBSON AND HIS WIFE A VERY HAPPY AND LONG RETIREMENT.
DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG, IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR. ROBSON ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES, SAID HE WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR THE IMPACT HE HAD MADE ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITHIN HIS SPHERE, AND PARTICULARLY IN THE SPHERE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
+WE ADMIRE HIS SCENSE OF BALANCE IN RECOGNISING, ON THE ONE HAND, THE NEED TO TAKE MUCH MORE POSITIVE STEPS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT WHILST ON THE OTHER HAND TAKING ALSO A PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY OUR OWN ECONOMIC VIABILITY.+
HE WOULD ALSO BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS UNFAILING COURTESY TO UMELCO AND FOR HIS SENSE OF HUMOUR DURING QUESTION TIME IN THE COUNCIL, SAID DR. CHUNG WHO WISHED MR. ROBSON AND HIS WIFE EVERY GOOD FORTUNE IN THE FUTURE.
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