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THE PATIENT CAN THUS CHOOSE HIS OWN DOCTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN DIRECT ITS RESOURCES TO UPGRADING EXISTING SERVICES AND TO CARING FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
IF SUCH A SCHEME IS COMMENDABLE, MR, YEUNG SUGGESTED THAT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS WOULD NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED BY A WIDELY REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE.
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BRITAIN AND HONG KONG, MR. YEUNG ASKED THAT MORE FUNDS AND FACILITIES BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE HONG KONG LONDON OFFICE AND THAT HONG KONG VISITORS TO BRITAIN BE ENCOURAGED TO ACT AS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS.
HE ALSO WANTED MORE PRE-RELEASE CENTRES AND HALF-WAY HOUSES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF DISCHARGED PRISONERS AND ASKED FOR EQUITABLE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
VALEDICTORY TO P.B. WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS AFTERNOON PAID TRIBUTE TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. P.B. WILLIAMS, WHO WILL RETIRE SHORTLY AFTER 25 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
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SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR MURRAY SAID: +HIS DEPARTURE WILL LEAVE A VERY BIG GAP IN HONG KONG AND IN THIS COUNCIL. HE HAS GAINED RESPECT IN MANY FIELDS OF GOVERNMENT DURING HIS 25-YEAR SERVICE.
+1 THINK HE WILL PARTICULARLY BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS WORK IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH, WHERE HE PLAYED SUCH A LARGE PART IN DRAWING UP THE PLANS ON WHICH THE EXPANSION OF OUR EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, AND SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMMES HAVE SINCE BEEN BASED. AND ALSO HE DREW UP MUCH OF OUR PROGRAMME OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, + SIR MURRARY SAID.
+MORE RECENTLY, AS COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION IN THIS FIELD, AND IN PUSHING FORWARD LEGISLATION AND IN PLANNING THE REORGANISATION AND EXPANSION OF THIS DEPARTMENT.+
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HIS UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES, THE HON. SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, ALSO PRAISED MR. WILLIAMS FOR HIS HINVALUABLE SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY DURING HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH GOVERNMENT.+
SIR SZE-YUEN SAID ALTHOUGH MR. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR LESS THAN A YEAR, HE HAS IN THAT TIME ON THE RESPECT OF THOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH HIS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES.+
+FOR HIS WORK IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND HIS MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WELL BEING OF HONG KONG DURING THE PAST 25 YEARS, HE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED,+ SIR SZE-YUEN SAID.
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