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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1976.
TRIBUTE TO MRS. JOYCE SYMONS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS. JOYCE SYMONS WHO RETIRED AFTER SERVING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS.
SIR MURRAY WAS SPEAKING AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL DURING WHICH 10 NEWLY-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TOOK THE OATH OR MADE AFFIRMATION OF ALLEGIANCE,
HE SAID MRS. SYMONS HAD A VERY LONG RECORD OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE INCLUDING THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD, MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER BODIES INCLUDING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, ENGLISH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND THE ICAC TARGET COMMITTEE.
+SHE WILL BE PARTICULARY REMEMBERED IN THIS COUNCIL FOR THE CONTRIBUTION SHE MADE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, HE SAID. +1 AM GLAD TO SAY THAT MRS. SYMONS WILL NOT BE RETIRING FROM PUBLIC SERVICE ALTOGETHER, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HER ADVICE IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR ADDED.
SPEAKING AFTER THE GOVERNOR, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG DESCRIBED MRS. SYMONS AS A PERSON +WHO HAS NOT ONLY BEEN A VERY PERCEPTIVE AND DISTINGUISHED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS BUT ALSO AN ENERGETIC AND CLEAR-THINKING COLLEAGUE ON UMELCO MATTERS.+
+WE ARE HAPPY THAT, AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPORTANT TASKS WHICH ARE BORNE BY UMELCO IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WE WISH HER EVERY SUCCESS IN HER NEW ROLE, HE ADDED.
ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES, DR. CHUNG ALSO EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, BOTH OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL.
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