THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1934
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TRIBUTES TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO FATHER MCGOVERN, AN UNOFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR WHO DIED OVER THE WEEKEND.
BEFORE DELIVERING HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS IN THE COUNCIL, SIR EDWARD SAID FATHER MCGOVERN'S DEATH HAD BROUGHT GREAT SADNESS NOT JUST TO THE COUNCIL BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
+FATHER MCGOVERN HAD A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE ON THIS COUNCIL AND ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
+ IN PARTICULAR, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION
IN THE FIELDS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND EDUCATION DURING HIS EIGHT YEARS AS AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER.
+HIS PASSING TAKES FROM US A MAN WELL KNOWN FOR HIS COMPASSION AND FOR HIS MORAL COURAGE, SIR EDWARD SAID.
HE ALSO THANKED MR CHARLES YEUNG, WHO HAS LEFT THE COUNCIL AFTER SEVEN YEARS' SERVICE.
+HE HAS BEEN A WISE AND THOUGHTFUL ADVOCATE OF THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS.
+HE HAS GIVEN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ON THE IMPORTANT PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE,+ SIR EDWARD SAID,
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS IN BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE COUNCILS, THE HON ROGER LOBO SAID THEY WISHED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM TRIBUTE WHICH THE GOVERNOR HAD PAID TO FR MCGOVERN,
+SINCE FR MCGOVERN JOINED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1976, HE HAD BEEN A MOST ACTIVE MEMBER OF BOTH THIS COUNCIL AND UMELCO. A MAN OF GREAT COMPASSION AND UNFLINCHING INTEGRITY, HE HAD CRUSADED TIRELESSLY TO DEFEND AND ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE LITTLE MAN,+ MR LOBO SAID.
+FR MCGOVERN'S COMMITMENT+, HE SAID, WAS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL.
HE SHOWED A GREAT INSIGHT INTO THE WORRIES, FEARS AND FEELINGS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE AND NEVER HESITATED TO POINT OUT WHAT HE SAW AS THE INJUSTICES OF ANY SITUATION.
/+HIS DEDICATION ...............AN