香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1977.
QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
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THE QUEEN. IN HER COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE THIS YEAR, SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTACTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS.
+CONTACTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS WILL ALWAYS BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE,+ SHE SAID, BUT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE REINFORCED BY FRIENDSHIP AND THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WITH COMMON INTERESTS CAN WE MAKE THE COMMONWEALTH LINK BOTH STRONG ENOUGH, AND SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE, TO MEET SUCCESSFULLY THE PROBLEMS WE TODAY MUST FACE TOGETHER.+
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE:
+I AM GLAD THAT THE DATE FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF COMMONWEALTH DAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN MY SILVER JUBILEE YEAR. IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT REAFFIRMATION OF OUR FAITH IN THE COMMONWEALTH IF THE PEOPLE OF SUCH DIVERSE COUNTRIES AND TRADITIONS ARE ABLE TO JOIN, ON THE SAME DAY EVERY YEAR, IN REMEMBERING OBJECTIVES WHICH WE ALL SHARE.
+TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, I BECAME HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH. DURING THOSE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE MORE OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAN MOST PEOPLE. HAVE MADE COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND I HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM THE RICH VARIETY OF THEIR LIFE.
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+THE COMPLEX TAPESTRY OF THE COMMONWEALTH HAS MANY THREADS. IN JUNE, THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT WILL HOLD THEIR CONFERENCE, IT IS AN ENCOURAGING SIGN OF THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED BY MEMBER COUNTRIES TO THE COMMONWEALTH THAT THIS CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE EVERY TWO YEARS, WAS ESPECIALLY PLEASED THAT IT WAS DECIDED TO HOLD THE 1977 CONFERENCE IN LONDON AT THE TIME OF MY SILVER JUBILEE.
+ IN BETWEEN THESE CONFERENCES, OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS COMMON PROBLEMS AND WAYS OF CO-OPERATION AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALUABLE WORK IS DONE BY THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT. EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT IS THE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENTS. WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION, PROFESSIONAL BODIES EXCHANGE PERSONNEL, POOL IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE AND STRIVE TO RAISE THEIR STANDARDS EVEN HIGHER. VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ALSO MADE BY ASSOCIATIONS CONCERNED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, WELFARE, THE ARTS, SPORT AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES.
/+CONTACTS
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