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WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985
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UNOFFICIALS PAY TRIBUTE TO SIR PHILIP
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SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE HAS MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE FORMULATION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND THE PROVISION OF A FAVOURABLE FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL PROGRESS DURING HIS 22 YEARS' SERVICE IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS SAID BY THE HON SIR ROGER LOBO, SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IN A VALEDICTORY TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY ON BEHALF OF THE UNOFFICIALS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SIR ROGER DESCRIBED THE SCRUPULOUSLY DETAILED EXPLANATORY FOOTNOTES AND MARATHON BUDGET ADDRESSES+ AS +FURTHER MEMORABLE EVENTS FROM SIR PHILIP'S DISTINGUISHED DECADE IN THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL SECRETARY+.
HE SAID SIR PHILIP WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE ARCHITECT OF HONG KONG'S ESTABLISHMENT AS A LEADING FINANCIAL CENTRE AND THE INVENTOR-AUTHOR OF +POSITIVE NON-INTERVENTIONISM+.
+AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER SINCE 1971, HE IS ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE AND TRENCHANT DEBATERS IN THIS COUNCIL AND HIS INTELLECTUAL POWERS HAVE WON HIM THE HIGHEST RESPECT BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THIS CHAMBER.
+HIS LONG-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNOFFICIALS AND HIS COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG WAS PARTICULARLY VALUED BY US IN THE MANY USEFUL MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HELD OVER THE PAST YEARS AND, INDEED, DURING THE MOST TRYING PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY WHEN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WAS UNDER NEGOTIATION AND IN THE BALANCE, SIR ROGER SAID.
SIR PHILIP'S TERM OF OFFICE HAD ALSO SEEN FIRM PLANS LAID FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG AND IT WAS A PITY THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE NEW-STYLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TAKE OFFICE IN THE NEXT SESSION, SIR ROGER ADDED.
+WE ARE GREATLY HONOURED TO HAVE WITNESSED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE SIR PHILIP HAS GIVEN TO HONG KONG.
+HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY US ALL, AND MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES AND I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON RÉCORD OUR HIGH REGARD AND AFFECTION FOR HIM AND TO WISH HIM AND LADY HADDON-CAVE A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT, HE SAID.
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