WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1986
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+HE MORE THAN ANYONE, WAS AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COUNCIL'S ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE JOINT DECLARATION. WE HAD COUNTED ON HIM TO GUIDE AND LEAD US TOWARDS OUR FUTURE. AND NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL - HONG KONG RELIED ON SIR EDWARD FOR SO MUCH.
+ BUT NOW THAT HE HAS LEFT US, AT LAST I THINK WE SHALL SEE HIS GREATEST LEGACY TO HONG KONG WAS TO HELP AND ENCOURAGE US TO RELY MORE ON OURSELVES.
+HE WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED THERE TO BE ANY INTERRUPTION IN THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL.
+WE OWE IT TO HIS 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.
+AS WE DO SO, WE PLEDGE OUR FULL SUPPORT TO YOU, SIR, AS ACTING GOVERNOR AND AS PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNCIL.+
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR PUBLIC CONDOLENCES
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THE ACTING GOVERNOR EXTENDS HIS VERY WARM THANKS TO THE MANY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG FOR THE LETTERS OF SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR WHICH THEY HAVE SENT.
HE WOULD LIKE THEM TO KNOW THAT THE WARMTH, SYMPATHY AND INDEED THE NUMBER OF THESE MESSAGES TO LADY YOUDE AND HER FAMILY HAVE BEEN VERY GREATLY APPRECIATED.
INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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