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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1983
GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS, FOR THE VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM.
BEFORE ADJOURNING THE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD POINTED OUT THAT MR GRIFFITHS WOULD BE LEAVING THE SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT VERY SHORTLY,
+JOHN GRIFFITHS HAS BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL SINCE MAY 1979 AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD MY APPRECIATION, AS I AM SURE MY PREDECESSOR WOULD HAVE WISHED TO RECORD HIS, OF THE VALUABLE SERVICES WHICH JOHN GRIFFITHS HAS RENDERED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THIS CHAMBER, WHERE HE HAS ACTED AS THE GOVERNMENT'S CHIEF LEGAL ADVISER, THE HEAD OF THE HONG KONG BAR, AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CROWN IN ALL ITS LEGAL ACTIONS IN HONG KONG,+ THE GOVERNOR SAID.
SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT ALL MEMBERS WERE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY IN WHICH MR GRIFFITHS HAD SO OFTEN ENRICHED AND ENLIVENED THE PROCEEDINGS WITH HIS STYLE AND WIT.
MR GRIFFITHS WOULD BE LONG REMEMBERED AS HAVING BEEN, IN ALL SENSES, ONE OF THE BEST ADVOCATES IN THE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD SAÍD.
MR GRIFFITHS WAS NOW RESUMING HIS PRACTICE AT THE BAR, AND HE WISHED HIM AND MRS GRIFFITHS, ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS, +A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.+
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, THE HON ROGER LOBO SAID:
+AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR GRIFFITHS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE TO US. HE HAS SHOWN GREAT PATIENCE IN HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH US IN THE UMELCO OFFICE.+
MR GRIFFITHS FREQUENTLY SUCCEEDED IN RECONCILING WIDELY DIFFERENT VIEWS BETWEEN UNOFFICIAL AND OFFICIAL MEMBERS, MR LOBO SAID.
+THE RESULT HAS BEEN THE PASSING OF LEGISLATION WHICH HAS LARGELY ENJOYED THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL. AND WE ARE MUCH INDEBTED TO HIM FOR HELPING TO ACHIEVE SUCH A HEALTHY AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONCENSUS, MR LOBO SAID.
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