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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1980

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VALEDICTORY TO TWO RETIRING LEGCO MEMBERS

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR JACK CATER, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HON F.K. LI AND THE HON J.C.C. WALDEN, WHO ARE RETIRING FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNCIL.

RECALLING MR LI'S CAREER WHICH EMBRACED POSTS IN EDUCATION, HOUSING, LABOUR, CIVIL SERVICE, FINANCE, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOME AFFAIRS, SIR JACK SAID: +IN ALL THESE, HIS WISE COUNSEL AND PENETRATING JUDGEMENT HAVE BEEN OF GREAT BENEFIT.+

+I AM GLAD TO SAY, HOWEVER, THAT HE WILL NOT BE, SO TO SPEAK, DESERTING US.

WE SHALL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE BREADTH OF KIS KNOWLEDGE AND ADVICE IN HIS NEW APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, WHERE I AM SURE HE WILL AGAIN MAKE HIS MARK.+

IN COMMENDING MR WALDEN, SIR JACK SAID THAT DURING HIS LONG SERVICE HE HAD GAINED THE RESPECT OF THOSE WHO HAD COME INTO CONTACT WITH HIM IN SEVERAL FIELDS.

SIR JACK SAID MR WALDEN WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR THE CONCERN HE HAD DISPLAYED FOR PEOPLE AND HIS EFFORTS TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND IN HELPING TO ENSURE THAT BY MEANS OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE WERE MADE KNOWN TO THE GOVERNMENT.

AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON R.H. LOBO, IN JOINING THE GOVERNOR PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR LI AND MR WALDEN SAID THAT DURING THE EIGHT YEARS OF WHICH MR LI HAD SERVED ON THE COUNCIL HE HAD BEEN A SOURCE OF SOUND ADVICE TO ALL UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL AND AT UMELCO MEETINGS.

MR LOBO SAID MR LI HAD MOVED THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT FORWARD WITH SKILL AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LOCAL CONDITIONS WITH LITTLE PUBLICITY, AND HE HAD NEVER BEEN ONE TO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT.

OF MR WALDEN, MR LOBO SAID HE HAD OCCUPIED MANY IMPORTANT AND OFTEN DIFFICULT POSTS AND MORE RECENTLY HE HAD BEEN STRENGTHENING THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE SCHEME.

+WE KNOW MR WALDEN HAS THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AT HEART AND WE HOPE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER THE 'GOOD IMAGE OF HONG KONG AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, SAID MR LOBO.

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