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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990
MR BARNES BECAME A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TWO YRARS AGO, AS SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.
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THANKING MR BARNES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL AND TO HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID: "MR BARNES' WISE COUNSEL, EXPERIENCE AND HARD WORK IN SERVING HONG KONG WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL OF US."
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS, THE SENIOR MEMBER, THE HON ALLEN
DURING LEE, SAID MR BARNES HAD OFTEN BEEN IN THE "HOT SEAT"
TWO HIS YEARS IN THE COUNCIL, REPLYING TO MEMBERS' MANY QUERIES ON MAJOR PROBLEMS CONCERNING VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, AS WELL AS IMMIGRATION AND LAW AND ORDER.
MR LEE SAID MR BARNES HAD ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS IN THE COUNCIL.
MEMBERS HAD APPRECIATED THE HARD WORK DONE BY MR BARNES ALTHOUGH THE REALITIES OF THE PROBLEMS WERE SUCH THAT MEMBERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION MIGHT SEEM TO BE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER.
"I WOULD THEREFORE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND HIS UNFLINCHING PATIENCE," HE SAID.
MR LEE CONCLUDED BY WISHING MR BARNES AND HIS WIFE, NITA, A HAPPY RETIREMENT.
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THREE BILLS PASSED
THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE STAMP DUTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 AND THE PUBLIC FINANCE { AMENDMENT} BILL 1990 WERE PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
TWO BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. THEY WERE THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990.
DEBATES ON THE TWO BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF NORMAL BUSINESS, VALEDICTORY SPEECHES IN HONOUR OF THE RETIRING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, WERE MADE BY THE GOVERNOR, HIS EXCELLENCY SIR DAVID AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THE HON ALLEN LEE.
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