WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986
LEGCO PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIR EDWARD'S WORK
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AS A MARK OF RESPECT, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEVOTED ITS SESSION TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO STATEMENTS OF TRIBUTE TO ITS LATE PRESIDENT, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.
BEGAN.
MEMBERS STOOD IN SILENCE FOR ONE MINUTE AS SOON AS THE MEETING
LADY YOUDE AND HER DAUGHTERS DEBORAH AND JENNIFER WERE PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO HEAR THE TRIBUTES BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND THE SENIOR MEMBER, MISS LYDIA DUNN.
BOTH EXTENDED DEEP SYMPATHY TO LADY YOUDE AND HER FAMILY, AND AT THE SAME TIME EMPHASISED THAT SIR EDWARD'S ACHIEVEMENTS WOULD LIVE ON.
SIR DAVID SUMMARISED ALL THAT HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING SIR EDWARD'S GOVERNORSHIP, AND HOW HE HAD STEERED HONG KONG SAFELY THROUGH PERIODS OF UNCERTAINTY.
IN PARTICULAR, HE SINGLED OUT $IR EDWARD'S CONCERN FOR EDUCATION, SAYING THAT HE BELIEVED THAT EDUCATION, A SUPREMACY IN EDUCATION, LAY AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR ABILITY TO KEEP HONG KONG MOVING FORWARD.+
SIR DAVID SAID THAT SIR EDWARD HAD MOVED WITH QUIET CONFIDENCE, AND HE URGED MEMBERS TO FOLLOW THIS EXAMPLE, AND MOVE FORWARD IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHER MEMBERS, MISS DUNN SAID THE COUNCIL OWED IT TO SIR EDWARD'S MEMORY TO CONTINUE HIS WORK +TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATIONS THAT HE LAID, TO FOLLOW THE COURSE THAT HE SET FOR US, TO FULFIL HIS VISION OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE.+
SHE ALSO NOTED THAT, I THINK WE SHALL SEE HIS GREATEST LEGACY TO HONG KONG WAS TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE US TO RELY MORE ON OURSELVES.+
MISS DUNN PRAISED SIR EDWARD AS AN ABLE, DILIGENT AND DECISIVE LEADER WITH A PRODIGIOUS APPETITE FOR WORK.
MISS DUNN CONCLUDED HER STATEMENT BY PLEDGING MEMBERS' FULL SUPPORT TO SIR DAVID, AS ACTING GOVERNOR AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
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