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+ HOPE HE FEELS THAT THE GREAT STRIDES MADE IN PROVISION FOR YOUTH IN RECENT YEARS ARE SOME REWARD FOR HIS ADVOCACY.+
IN A TRIBUTE TO MRS. KWAN KO STU-WAH, SIR MURRAY SAID SHE WILL ALSO BE GREATLY MISSED.
+AT A TIME IN WHICH THE REFASHIONING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM PLANS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND EDUCATION WAS MUCH BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND UMELCO, HER CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. SHE ALSO HAS MADE HISTORY AS ONE OF THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL WOMEN APPOINTED TO THIS COUNCIL,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
THE NEW SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR DENYS AND THE FOUR UNOFFICIALS WHO RETIRED FROM THE COUNCIL.
SIR DENYS, HE SAID, WAS EVER-READY TO LISTEN TO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, WITHOUT BIAS TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS, BEFORE FINALLY FORMULATING GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES OR LEGISLATIVE MEASURES.
+AND WHEN HE COULD NOT ACCEPT UNOFFICIAL PROPOSALS OR CRITICISMS, HE DID IT WITH THE UTMOST COURTESY, WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL ARROGANCE, AND WITH URBANE GOOD HUMOUR.☀
IN SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, THE PREVIOUS SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, THE UNOFFICIALS HAD A LEADER WHO WAS AT PAINS TO SEE THAT EVERY MEMBER SHOULD HAVE HIS SAY, EVERY VIEWPOINT PUT FORWARD, CANVASSED AND DISCUSSED, AND PUBLIC OPINION FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
HIS RETIREMENT, TOGETHER WITH THAT OF MR. Q.W. LEE, MR. WILLIAMS AND MRS. KWAN KO SIU-WAH DEPRIVED THE COUNCIL OF THE RICH AND DIVERSE TALENTS THEY BROUGHT TO IT.
THEY AVAILED THE COUNCIL OF THEIR SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR MANY FIELDS OF INTEREST. EACH OF THEM DEVOTED A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, THOUGHT AND LABOUR TO THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PROBLEMS AND PROJECTS WITH WHICH THE COUNCIL AND UMELCO WAS CONCERNED. THEY COUNSELLED WISELY AND WITH MODERATION,+ MR. CHEUNG SAID.
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