WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986
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+ABROAD, HE PERSONALLY LED TRADE DELEGATIONS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES AND, IN THE LAST DAYS OF HIS LIFE, TO CHINA TO PROMOTE THESE INTERESTS.
+AT HOME IN THIS COUNCIL, LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED AND PASSED, THE BETTER TO REGULATE AND SUPERVISE BANKING, INSURANCE, THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS HOUSES. HONG KONG PUT ITS HOUSE IN ORDER.
+SIR EDWARD REFUSED TO BE BLOWN OFF COURSE BY CONFLICTING ADVICE AND PARTISAN APPEALS. AS A RESULT, WEALTH FROM RENEWED ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTINUES TO BE CHANNELLED INTO THE SOCIAL PROGRAMMES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR STABILITY AND WELL-BEING.
+IN PARTICULAR, TODAY, I SHOULD LIKE TO SINGLE OUT SIR EDWARD'S SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AND CONCERN FOR EDUCATION.
+ IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER VERY NECESSARY THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF GOOD AND SENSIBLE GOVERNMENT, MANY OF THEM CLEAR TO US ALL, HE BELIEVED THAT EDUCATION, A SUPREMACY IN EDUCATION, LAY AT THE VERY HEART OF OUR ABILITY IN HONG KONG TO KEEP HONG KONG MOVING FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR POSITION IN THE REGION AND TO ENABLE US TO MAKE OUR
PARTICULAR AND SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE MODERNISATION OF CHINA AND TO ASSURE OUR FUTURE.
+HE BELIEVED THIS TO BE OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND FOR THIS REASON, HE GAVE WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT TO THE CONCEPT OF BUILDING A THIRD UNIVERSITY AND SAID THAT IT SHOULD SPECIALISE IN MANAGEMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THAT IT SHOULD BE BUILT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HONOURABLE MEMBERS, WE HAVE THAT LEGACY TO CARRY OUT.
+DURING HIS GOVERNORSHIP, DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, RECREATION AND THE ARTS FLOURISHED: THE WELFARE OF OUR WORKERS IMPROVED WITHOUT OVERLOOKING THE INTERESTS OF EMPLOYERS AND THE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE IN OUR EXPORT MARKETS: NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC HOUSING PRODUCTION CONTINUED, WITH A LONG-TERM VISION OF THE NEEDS OF OUR FUTURE POPULATION: THE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF HOSPITAL SERVICES WERE REVIEWED SOCIAL SECURITY PROVISIONS WERE IMPROVED; AND THE ROAD AND RAIL NETWORK WAS EXPANDED.
+THESE WERE ACHIEVED THROUGH YEARS AND YEARS OF CAREFUL PLANNING, PAINSTAKING ADMINISTRATION, DETERMINATION AND A STRONG SENSE OF COMMITMENT AT A TIME WHEN AS AN ADMINISTRATION WE HAD TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS.
/+IT WAS