WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980
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TRIBUTE TO MR BREMR IDGE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HON JOHN BREMRIDGE AT HIS LAST SITTING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+HE HAS BEEN UNSPARING IN THE DEVOTION OF HIS TIME TO THE COUNCIL'S AFFAIRS, AS HE HAS TO ALL PUBLIC BUSINESS HE HAS TAKEN UP,
AND HE HAS ENLIVENED AND ENRICHED OUR PROCEEDINGS WITH BOTH SOUND ADVICE AND WIT, SIR MURRAY SAID.
SIR MURRAY SAID MR BREMRIDGE, WHO WILL SHORTLY LEAVE HONG KONG ON RETIREMENT, FIRST CAME IN 1949.
HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1974 AND THEN TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN 1977 AND HAD A VERY LONG RECORD OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE, AS ITS CHAIRMAN, ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD, PORT COMMITTÉE, TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD.
THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, THE HON OSWALD CHEUNG JOINING IN THE TRIBUTE SAID MR BREMRIDGE HAS ONE ATTRIBUTE FOR WHICH UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM, AND THAT IS HIS SUPREME ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY+.
+ANYONE CAN TELL BLACK FROM WHITE, FIRST CLASS FROM STANDBY, BUT IT WAS GIVEN TO MR BREMRIDGE TO PICK HIS WAY DEFTLY BETWEEN THE NICETIES OF A THREE PER CENT, OR A FOUR PER CENT, GROWTH IN STUDENT NUMBERS IN THE UNIVERSITIES, BETWEEN PRIORITY A1 OR A2 FOR THE FLYOVER IN STUBBS ROAD, D3 OR D4 FOR THE NEW POST OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND APPLICATION OF THE WISE COUNSEL CONTRIBUTED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND THE LIKE,+ MR CHEUNG SAID.
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR KING'S ROAD SCHEME
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A SERIES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE KING'S ROAD BUS AND TRAM PRIORITY SCHEME.
TRAFFIC RE-ROUTING
FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 21),
* SHELL STREET BETWEEN MERLIN STREET AND KING'S
ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM TWO-WAY TO ONE-WAY WESTBOUND-
* SOAT STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY
NORTHWESTBOUND TO ONE-WAY SOUTHEASTBOUND-
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