WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991
GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIR PIERS
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, THIS EVENING (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE OUTGOING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, FOR HIS 29 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
SPEAKING BEFORE CLOSING OF THE LAST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION BEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS, SIR DAVID SAID:
"WITH THIS MEETING (LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING) HE 29 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE HAVING STARTED IN THE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT AND HAVING BECOME FINANCIAL SECRETARY THIS COUNCIL IN 1986.
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SIR DAVID SALD IT WAS NO EASY JOB FOR BEING THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF HONG KONG AT TIMES LIKE THIS.
"AND TODAY HAS BEEN NO EASY DAY FOR THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY. BUT WHEN HE LOOKS BACK ON HIS TIME IN HONG KONG, WHEN THE COUNCIL LOOKS BACK ON HIS TIME IN HONG KONG, I HOPE THAT THEY WILL REMEMBER GREAT MANY NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.
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"THERE CANNOT BE MANY FINANCIAL SECRETARIES OR MINISTERS OF FINANCES AROUND THE WORLD WHO CAN LOOK BACK ON FIVE CONSECUTIVE SURPLUS BUDGETS.
THAN THE SOMETIMES THE SURPLUSES HAVE BEEN LARGER FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS EXPECTED, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"THIS COUNCIL HAS BENEFITTED GREATLY FROM THE FINANCIAL CAREFUL WORK, HIS PATIENCE, HIS PERSEVERANCE AND HIS THINK WE OWE HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT,"
SECRETARY'S HUMOUR. AND ADDED.
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SIR DAVID SAID THE DEEP COMMITMENT OF SIR PIERS TO WAS SHOWN BY THE FACT THAT HE WOULD BE STAYING ON IN HONG KONG HIS RETIREMENT.
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AM SURE THAT MEMBERS WOULD WISH TO JOIN I BOTH SIR PIERS AND LADY JACOBS A VERY LONG AND A WISHING RETIREMENT," HE SAID,
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SENIOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, THE HON ALLEN LEE, SAID FOR FIVE YEARS, SIR PIERS HAD HELPED STEER HONG KONG THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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"HE HAS ALSO WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG CONTINUES BE ONE OF THE MAJOR FINANCIAL CENTRES IN THE WORLD.
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NOTING THAT IT WAS THE FINAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION BEFORE ITS DISSOLUTION ON AUGUST 22, THE GOVERNOR TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY THEY HAD TRIBUTE TO THE LEGISLATORS FOR THE GREAT DEAL OF HARD WORK DONE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
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