THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977
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HE SAID THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND DEBATES IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WERE ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE HEAVY BURDEN OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSUMED BY UMELCO MEMBERS, +MANY OF WHOM DEVOTE A HIGH PROPORTION OF THEIR TIME TO VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE+.
HE BELIEVED THAT THE UMELCO SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED HERE IN A UNIQUE WAY HAS FULFILLED AN IMPORTANT NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO WHICH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE RECOURSE.
+DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT HAS GAINED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE TO A MARKED DEGREE AND HAS ENSURED THAT MANY GRIEVANCES OF PRIVATE CITIZENS HAVE BEEN REDRESSED.+
SIR DENYS ALSO EXPRESSED GRATITUDE OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND OF THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE HARD WORK AND WILLING ASSISTANCE OF THE UNOFFICIALS.
ON LEVEL OF RECURRENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. HE ASSURED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE NEED TO RESTRAIN PUBLIC SPENDING WITHIN THE LIMITS WHICH THE ECONOMY CAN SUPPORT WITHOUT UNDUE RISK.
HE SAID, +AS ALWAYS, ALTHOUGH OUR OBJECTIVES ARE CLEARLY SET OUT AND THE EXPENDITURE WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY TO MEET THEM HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CALCULATED, WE MUST AND WILL RETAIN AT ALL TIMES FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION, OR IN THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY ARE FINANCED OR BOTH.+
ON DISRUPTION TO LIFE CAUSED BY COMMUNITY PROJECTS, SIR DENYS SAID WHERE MATERIAL LOSS COULD BE SHOWN, THOSE WHO SUFFERED WERE COMPENSATED AND HE BELIEVED THAT IN GENERAL THEY WERE NOT UNREASONABLY TREATED.
HE SAID FAR-REACHING DEVELOPMENTS OF THE KIND ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAD EMBARKED COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF SUFFERING, DISTURBANCE AND LOSS TO THOSE WHO WERE FORCED TO MOVE FROM THE IR HOMES OR WHO FOUND THAT THE IR LIVES WERE PLAGUED BY NOISE, DUST FUMES AND CEASELESS ACTIVITY AROUND THEM.
HE PAID A WHOLE-HEARTED TRIBUTE TO THE PATIENCE AND GOOD WILL OF THOSE WHO BEAR WITH SUCH FORTITUDE THE STRAINS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAVE IMPOSED ON THEM.
+THIS FORBEARANCE DEMANDS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF PEOPLE AND A DETERMINATION TO LISTEN WITH PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING TO THE IR DIFFICULTIES.+
+ANY CIVIL SERVANT WHO FALLS SHORT OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY AND COURTESY IS UNWORTHY OF THE QUALITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHOM WE ARE HERE TO SERVE,+ HE EMPHASISED, +1 HOPE THAT WE SHALL NOT FAIL THEM.+
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