WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986
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PRAISE FOR RETIRING OFFICIALS *****
TWO OFFICIAL MEMBERS RETIRING FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LERE PRAISED FOR THEIR WORK BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE HON SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, IN A VALEDICTORY SPEECH TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON NICKY CHAN, AND THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, WERE TAKING PART IN A COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE LAST TIME.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT MR CHAN HAD JOINED THE COUNCIL IN 1983 BUT BEFORE THAT HE HAD SERVED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS IN VARIOUS OFFICES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
HE HAD TAKEN PART IN THE GREAT CHANGES OF THE PAST THREE DECADES WHICH HAD TRANSFORMED HONG KONG INTO A THRIVING METROPOLIS.
+MR CHAN LEAVES THIS COUNCIL KNOWING THAT THE MAJOR REORGANISATION OF THE LAND AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS IS NOW IN PLACE,+ SIR DAVID SAID.
SIR DAVID COMMENTED THAT MR HENDERSON HAD SERVED THE GOVERNMENT FOR MORE THAN 24 YEARS AND THE COUNCIL FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN ENGINEERING OF ANOTHER KIND - SOCIAL ENGINEERING,
HE HAD WORKED IN MANY BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, BUT FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 13 YEARS HE HAD BEEN PURSUING ADMINISTRATIVE AND STATUTORY MEASURES WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN A PROFOUND EFFECT UPON THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE WORKFORCE.
HIS CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT AS SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER HAD BEEN NO LESS SIGNIFICANT.
SIR DAVID ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MR HENDERSON'S EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE DISABLED.
OUTGOING SECRETARIES PRAISED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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TRIBUTE WAS PAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE HON S. L. CHEN TO THE CONTRIBUTION AND SERVICE OF TWO OUTGOING MEMBERS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON CHAN NAI-KEONG, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON,
AND
IN HIS VALEDICTORY SPEECH ON BEHALF OF OTHER COUNCILLORS, MR CHEN SAID MR CHAN HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK ON WHICH HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY WAS BASED.
/NOTING THAT