WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985
+NEW HOME HIGHLIGHTS WORK OF LEGISLATURE+
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SIR S.Y.
THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING STANDS IN THE HEART OF HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL, COMMERCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE AND THIS WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CONTINUING AND IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE IN PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF HONG KONG.
SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE UNVEILING CEREMONY OF THE BUILDING.
HE SAID NOT ONLY THE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING WAS ARCHITECTURALLY BEAUTIFUL AND DIGNIFIED, THE LOCATION WAS IDEAL FOR ITS NEW ROLE.
HE NOTED ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY WAS THE RULE OF LAW AND FOR NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY, THE BUILDING HAD BEEN PART OF THE HONG KONG SYSTEM OF LAW AS HOME OF THE SUPREME COURT.
+NOW IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM OF LAW BUT AS HOME OF THE LEGISLATURE.
+THE PEOPLE WORKING IN IT WILL CHANGE FROM THOSE ADJUDICATING THE LAW TO THOSE MAKING THE LAWS,+ SIR S.Y. SAID.
HE ALSO SAID THAT THE UNOFFICIALS WERE VERY GRATIFIED INDEED WITH THE PROVISION OF THE IR OWN HEADQUARTERS IN THIS MAGNIFICENT AND HISTORIC BUILDING.
SIR S.Y. RECALLED THAT THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS ESTABLISHED THEIR UMELCO OFF ICE IN 1963 WITH A VIEW TO FOSTERING THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG THEMSELVES AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
WITH A VERY MODEST START OF A FEW PEOPLE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UMELCO OFFICE HAD GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, PARTICULARLY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, TO 134 TODAY, HE SAID.
CONCLUDING, SIR S.Y. SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO ASSOCIATE HIMSELF WITH THE THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS EXPRESSED BY THE GOVERNOR TO ALL THOSE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
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