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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1987
THOUGH SIR EDWARD WAS AN ESSENTIALLY MODEST MAN, IT HAD GIVEN HIM EXCEPTIONAL PLEASURE WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF CLERK AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN 1978, AND WAS ABLE TO EXERCISE HIS GIFTS FOR SYMPATHETIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT.
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+THOSE FOR WHOM HE WORKED AT THAT TIME HAVE DESCRIBED HIM RIGHTLY AS AN OUTSTANDING CHIEF CLERK FAIR AND CONSIDERATE, ANALYTICAL, INNOVATIVE, KINDLY AND STRAIGHT-FORWARD, WITH A PARTICULAR CONCERN TO ENSURE THE RIGHT TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT FOR THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE, SIR PATRICK SAID.
+ IT WAS RECOGNITION OF THIS INTEREST IN TRAINING, EDUCATION AND YOUTH THAT LED THOSE IN HONG KONG, WHO HAVE ALREADY LAUNCHED THE YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND, TO DEVOTE THE PROCEEDS (ALREADY TOTALLING POUND STERLING 6 MILLION) TO A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG HONG KONG GIRLS AND BOYS TO BE EDUCATED ABROAD.+
SIR PATRICK CONCLUDED HIS ADDRESS BY NOTING THAT SIR EDWARD'S CHIEF RELAXATION AND HAPPINESS WAS WITH HIS FAMILY, AND HE PAID WARM TRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT THAT LADY YOUDE HAD GIVEN HER HUSBAND.
+S HE WAS CONSTANTLY AT HIS SIDE, SHARING HIS SERVICE CAREER, AND HIS DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF AND ENTHUSIASM FOR HONG KONG, FOR CHINĂ AND FOR THE FAR EAST,+ HE SAID.
*WITH HER, AND HER DAUGHTERS JENNIFER AND DEBORAH, WE THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE AND WORK OF A REMARKABLE PUBLIC SERVANT AND A MUCH-LOVED COLLEAGUE,+
DURING THE SERVICE, READINGS WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR- DESIGNATE, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND THE DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, SIR MARK RUSSELL.
ROYAL REPRESENTATIVES AT MEMORIAL SERVICE
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ABOUT 800 PEOPLE TODAY (TUESDAY) ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE LATE GOVERNOR,
SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN LONDON.
LADY YOUDE WAS PRESENT WITH HER DAUGHTERS JENNIFER AND DEBORAH TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY.
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