SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1988
QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY WHICH IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 1 AM TOMORROW (MONDAY):
MESSAGE,
"THIS SECOND MONDAY IN MARCH IS THE DAY WHICH WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR AS COMMONWEALTH DAY. IT IS OUR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ THINK ABOUT THIS GROUP OF NATIONS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO US. ON THIS DAY WE SHOULD ALL LOOK BEYOND OUR OWN HORIZONS AND STRETCH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
PEOPLE
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"ITS STRENGTH LIES NOT JUST IN ITS NUMBERS WORLDWIDE FAMILY OF A BILLION
BUT RATHER
IN IDEALS, ITS EMPHASIS ON DISCUSSION AND ITS DISPOSITION TO THIS VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, THE GROUP IN WHICH WE
TO OUR COMFORTABLE, IS WHERE WE CAN LOOK
FRIENDS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND FOR HELP
FINDING THE ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS.
IN
WE ARE A ITS SHARED CO-OPERATE.
CAN FEEL SUPPORT AND OUR COMMON
"EVERY YEAR THERE ARE MANY COMMONWEALTH MEETINGS. THESE BRING TOGETHER ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE MINISTERS AND MARINERS, TEACHERS AND
- ALL WORKING TRADERS, PHARMACISTS AND FARMERS
TOGETHER THE MORE
EASILY
SHARE A BECAUSE THEY
COMMON
ON LANGUAGE. AGREEMENT
ALL
BE SUBJECTS MAY NOT ALWAYS
POSSIBLE BUT UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL BENEFIT ARE ALWAYS THE GOALS.
"AT THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING IN VANCOUVER LAST YEAR THIS SEARCH FOR CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT BROUGHT PRACTICAL DECISIONS IN MANY AREAS INCLUDING MORE HELP FOR THOSE IN NEED OF FOOD TO CREATE A AND SHELTER. I WAS SPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THE DECISION
AND UNIVERSITY COMMONWEALTH-WIDE DISTANCE LEARNING SYSTEM AT COLLEGE
EDUCATION TO OUR LEVEL TO BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHER
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.
OTHER FOR
"FOR THE FUTURE, WE MUST LISTEN AS WELL AS SPEAK TO EACH AND SO LEARN TOLERANCE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING. IF WE ALWAYS LOOK
HOPES OR SHARED FEARS, THOSE THINGS WHICH UNITE US, WHETHER SHARED THE COMMONWEALTH LINK WILL COME TO MEAN EVEN MORE TO US.
"I URGE YOU TO KEEP FAITH IN THE COMMONWEALTH: IT CAN AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE WORLD WELL.
WILL
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