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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1977
GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO MR. PRICE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS AFTERNOON PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE WHO WILL RETIRE SHORTLY AFTER 12 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR MURRAY SAID THAT MR. PRICE'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ADVANCING LABOUR LEGISLATION AND IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF THE LABOUR FORCE HAD BEEN SO GREAT THAT A SHORT SPEECH COULD NOT POSSIBLY COMPRISE AN ADEQUATE TRIBUTE.
+WHETHER THE FIELD IS INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, INDUSTRIAL
J SAFETY, CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OR LABOUR RELATIONS, MR. PRICE HAS MADE A DECISIVE PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION, AND WILL LEAVE HONG KONG A BETTER PLACE THAN HE FOUND IT,+ HE SAID.
+THESE WIDE-RANGING AND CAREFULLY THOUGHT-OUT REFORMS THAT HE HAS INTRODUCED COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT HIS EXPERT KNOWLEDGE, QUIET DETERMINATION AND COMPLETE DEDICATION.+
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES, DR. THE HON. S. Y. CHUNG ALSO PRAISED MR. PRICE FOR THE +VALUABLE+ CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAD GIVEN IN BRINGING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ALMOST TWO MILLION WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS OF THIS COMMUNITY,+
DR. CHUNG SAID THAT WHEN MR. PRICE CAME TO HONG KONG FROM MALAYSIA IN 1965, HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE SPECIALIST FIELD OF WORKMEN'S WELFARE AND BENEFITS.
+HIS EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD WAS PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO US IN HONG KONG DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS WHEN MUCH EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PUT IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF OUR LABOUR LEGISLATION, HE SAID.
+DURING THESE MANY YEARS HE HAS HELPED TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT WHAT I THINK MAY REASONABLY BE DESCRIBED AS FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.
+ IF SOME OF THESE LEGISLATION MAY NOT HAVE BEEN UNIVERSALLY WELL RECEIVED OUTSIDE THIS COUNCIL, THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE, AS LABOUR LEGISLATION BY ITS NATURE IS CONTROVERSIAL.
DR. CHUNG ALSO CREDITED THE COMMISSIONER FOR +A GREAT VOLUME OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION, WITH THE LAUDABLE AIM OF ENSURING THAT THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF
UR WORK FORCE, PARTICULARLY THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, ARE MADE
TH ADEQUATE AND REASONABLY SAFE.+
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