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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1980

SIR Y K KAN TO LEAVE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

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THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE HON SIR Y K KAN, GBE, JP, WILL RETIRE SHORTLY, AFTER HAVING SERVED ON THE COUNCIL FOR 14 YEARS.

HE WILL ALSO RETIRE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. FOLLOWING SIR Y K'S RETIREMENT ON MARCH 31, SIR S Y CHUNG, CBE WILL BECOME THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMISSION.

PRIOR TO HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN MAY 1966, SIR Y K SERVED ON THE URBAN COUNCIL FROM 1957 TO 1962 AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM 1961 TO 1972. HE WAS APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN 1949.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY (MONDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO SIR Y K'S PUBLIC SERVICE.

HE SAID THAT SIR Y K HAD MADE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION THROUGH HIS PERSONALITY, HARD WORK, IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, AND HIS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO THE WELFARE OF HONG KONG.

SIR MURRAY SAID1 +SIR Y K HAS ACHIEVED SO MUCH IN SO MANY FIELDS BECAUSE HE IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AND TRUSTED BY ALL. HIS WISE COUNSEL BASED ON HIS VAST EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS HAS BEEN OF INESTIMABLE VALUE AND GREAT AUTHORITY. HE WILL BE MISSED ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE SALARIES COMMISSION, BUT IT IS REASSURING THAT HIS ADVICE WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AND THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+

ALTHOUGH SIR Y K WILL RETIRE FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND SALARIES COMMISSION, HE WILL CONTINUE ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WHOSE WORK IS SO VITAL TO THE PROMOTION OF HONG KONG'S EXPORT INDUSTRY.

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