FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1985
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HOUSING AUTHORITY BIDS FAREWELL TO EIGHT MEMBERS
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY BADE FAREWELL TO EIGHT MEMBERS WHO HAD RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS OF VALUABLE SERVICES.
AT A LUNCHEON MEETING, CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTHORITY, MR DAVID FORD, ALSO WELCOMED SEVEN MEMBERS NEWLY APPOINTED TO THE AUTHORITY AND ITS COMMITTEES.
MR FORD PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRED MEMBERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS PUBLIC HOUSING.
+WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT OUR HOUSING PROGRAMME HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE FACTORS WHICH HAS HELPED STABILITY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN HONG KONG AND HAS HELPED IT FLOURISH.
+ALL RETIRED MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME, CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIGGEST SOCIAL UNDERTAKING AND SUCCESS STORY OF HONG KONG.+
THE RETIRED MEMBERS ARE MR HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, MR GERALD FORSGATE, MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT, MR KENNETH T.C. LO, MR BROOK BERNACCHI, MR ALAN KWAN, MRS LEE KONG WAI-MUT AND MR DENIS S.T. WONG.
THE RETIRED MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH SOUVENIRS BY MR FORD TO COMMEMORATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AUTHORITY.
MANY OF THEM HAD SERVED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ITS COMMITTEES FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE AUTHORITY'S PHENOMENAL GROWTH AND SUCCESS.
WELCOMING THE NEW MEMBERS, MR FORD SAID THE AUTHORITY NEEDED THEIR ADVICE AND CRITICISM IN ORDER TO FORMULATE BALANCED AND VIABLE HOUSING POLICIES TO MEET THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 1990'S.
THE NEW MEMBERS ARE MR CARLOS CHEUNG, MR NORMAN LEUNG, MR THOMAS KWOK, MISS LEUNG WAITUNG, MÀ CHEUNG KIN-CHUNG, MR PAO PING-WING AND MR FUNG KIN-KEE.
+WITH THE EXPERIENCE, WISDOM AND CONTÁCTS OF MEMBERS, BOTH OLD AND NEW, I AM CONFIDENT OUR CHALLENGES WILL BE MET WITH RESOLUTION AND SUCCESS AS IN THE PAST, + MR FORD SAID.
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