WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989
LEGCO HAS SHOWN DETERMINATION, COURAGE: GOVERNOR
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THE YEAR IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD SESSION OF STEADY PROGRESS, BUT THAT HAD BEEN CHANGED OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS BY THE TRAGIC EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN CHINA, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE FINAL MEETING OF THE 1988-89 SESSION OF THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS AT TIMES LIKE THIS THAT THE COMMUNITY LOOKED ΤΟ MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL WISDOM.
"I THINK THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND OMELCO A WHOLE. HAS RESPONDED WITH GREAT DETERMINATION AND COURAGE ΤΟ EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO FACE," SIR DAVID SAID.
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"I'M SURE THAT OVER THE MONTHS TO COME, THE COMMUNITY WILL ABLE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK TO MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL FOR THOSE VERY SAME QUALITIES." HE ADDED.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT THE SESSION BEGAN WITH A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS WHO QUICKLY ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AND HAD MADE THEIR MARK FULLY IN THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION TO A VERY BUSY SESSION, THE COUNCIL HAD ALSO SET NEW RECORDS, SIR DAVID NOTED.
"IT'S NOT A RECORD AMOUNT OF LEGISLATION THIS TIME BUT IT IS A RECORD AMOUNT OF AMENDMENTS TO CLAUSES SOME .250, AND THAT SHOWS THE GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE OF BILINGUAL LEGISLATION WHICH HAD BEEN A "MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL DURING THE SESSION".
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"THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO IT WILLINGLY, STARTING WORK EARLY THE MORNING AND WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH A LARGE AMOUNT OF AMENDMENTS AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE STANDARD FORMS OF CHINESE FOR THE FORMS OF ENGLISH THAT WE'VE USED." SIR DAVID SAID.
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT WHILE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD WORKED VERY HARD, THE SUPPORT STAFF HAD ALSO SERVED THE COUNCIL EXTREMELY WELL.
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