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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1979
VALEDICTORY TO TWO RETIRED LEGCO MEMBERS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO MR. JAMES WU AND MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
SIR MURRAY SAID MR. WU WOULD BE REMEMBERED IN THE COUNCIL FOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE IN DEBATES ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY DURING HIS SEVEN YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP,
+HIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AS A LEADING INDUSTRIALIST WERE PARTICULARLY VALUABLE AND WE SHALL CERTAINLY MISS HIS SHREWD ADVICE, HE SAID.
SIR MURRAY COMMENDED MR. CHEONG-LEEN FOR HIS VERY WIDE EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL AFFAIRS. +HE BROUGHT THIS TO BEAR THROUGH INTERVENTIONS OVER A VERY WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS, IN FACT SELDOM WAS HIS NAME MISSING IN QUESTION TIME, HE SAID.
THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG JOINED THE GOVERNOR IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR. WU AND MR. CHEONG-LEEN.
+MY COLLEAGUES WHOLE-HEARTEDLY ASSOCIATE THEMSELVES WITH THE TRIBUTES YOU HAVE JUST PAID TO MR. WU AND MR. CHEONG-LEEN,+ HE SAID.
MR. CHEUNG SAID HE WOULD REMEMBER MR. WU IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CONSTANT PLEAS HE MADE ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR +FOR DIVERSIFICATION, FOR UPGRADING OF PRODUCTS, FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY, FOR ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORT OF A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MATCH THE EFFORTS OF OUR COMPETITORS, FOR THE PLEAS HE MADE FOR THE CONVENIENT PASSAGE OF CONTAINER TRUCKS AND THE IR ACCOMMODATION IN NEW TOWNS, AND FOR HIS REMINDERS FROM TIME TO TIME THAT THE HIGH COST OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WAS BLUNTING OUR COMPETITIVENESS.-
MR. CHEUNG NOTED THAT MR. CHEONG-LEEN'S MAIN CONCERN WAS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND +FROM HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE UNDERPRIVILEGED+ SPRANG HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS ON THEIR BEHALF IN THE COUNCIL.
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