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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1978
FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO ATTEND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING IN VIENNA
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, LEAVES HONG KONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING TO ATTEND THE 11TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN VIENNA FROM APRIL 24 TO 26.
ALSO IN HONG KONG'S DELEGATION WILL BE MR. DOUGLAS BLYE, SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS AND MRS. STELLA HUNG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH.
THE DELEGATION IS DUE BACK ON APRIL 30.
DURING MR. HADDON-CAVE'S ABSENCE, MR. HENRY CHING, DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY, WILL ACT AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
CHIEF SECRETARY OPENS SWIMMING POOL AT POLYTECHNIC
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY OPENED THE SWIMMING POOL AT THE POLYTECHNIC, WHICH WAS NAMED IN MEMORY OF A FORMER DEPUTY COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE LATE MR. MICHAEL CLINTON.
SIR DENYS SAID MR. CLINTON WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD BECAUSE THE POOL WOULD PROVIDE SPORTING FACILITIES FOR THE YOUTH OF HONG KONG +FOR WHOM HE HAD BOTH ADMIRATION AND LIK ING+.
SIR DENYS THOUGHT THAT, ABOVE ALL, MR. CLINTON WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED THAT HIS NAME SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THIS PERMANENT FORM IN HONG KONG.
+MICHAEL SPENT MORE THAN HALF HIS LIFE HERE,+ SIR DENYS SAID. +HONG KONG WAS FAR MORE TO HIM THAN JUST THE PLACE WHERE HE WORKED. IT WAS THE CORE OF HIS LIFE, THE MAGNET FOR HIS TALENT AND ENERGY AND THE PART OF THE WORLD WHICH HE LOVED BEST.
+WHAT BETTER MONUMENT COULD THERE BE, FOR SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT SO WELL OF HONG KONG AND OF ITS YOUTH, THÂN THIS POOL, WHICH WILL BRING PLEASURE TO THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE YEARS TO COME AND WILL REMIND US, WHO KNEW HIM, OF A FINE LIFE OF SERVICE TO HONG KONG?+
SIR DENYS SAID MR. CLINTON'S MANY FRIENDS REMEMBERED HIS WISDOM, BORN OF KEEN OBSERVATION AND WIDE EXPERIENCE OF HIS FELLOW MEN, AND TOLERANCE.
/+THEY RECALL