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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1981

THIS KNOWLEDGE STOOD HIM IN GOOD STEAD SUCCESSIVELY AS SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, AND FINALLY FIVE COURAGEOUS YEARS AS THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF THE

ICAC.

SIR JACK WAS NOT LEAVING THE SERVICE OF HONG KONG, SAID SIR MURRAY, BUT BEGINNING YET ANOTHER AND VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN HIS VARIED SERVICE TO HONG KONG.

+1 AM SURE WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT AS HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER IN LONDON HE AND HIS WIFE WILL BE FREQUENT VISITORS TO HONG KONG AND THAT WHAT WE SAY ON THIS OCCASION CAN BE 'THANK YOU AND SEE YOU AGAIN SOON, RATHER THAN 'GOOD-BYE', THE GOVERNOR SAID,

UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ALSO JOINED IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO SIR JACK.

SPEAKING FOR ALL HIS COLLEAGUES, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL, THE HON ROGER LOBO, WISHED SIR JACK EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS NEW POST AS HONG KONG COMMISSIONER.

MR LOBO SAID: MANY OF US HERE HAVE KNOWN SIR JACK FOR A LONG TIME, NOT ONLY AS A TOUGH AND ELOQUENT SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS CHAMBER, BUT ALSO AS A HIGHLY RESPECTED AND DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANT AND A TRUSTED FRIEND.

+HE HAS BEEN WITH US CONTINUOUSLY SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR 11- THROUGH MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THROUGH MANY DIFFICULT AND TESTING SITUATIONS.

+HIS LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY TO THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO THE SERVICE HE HAS REPRESENTED. SIR JACK'S INTEGRITY, BRAVERY AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE ARE A BYWORD IN OUR SOCIETY.

+AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL SERVICE DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS, HE HAS ONCE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED HIS DETERMINATION AND ABILITY TO BRING ABOUT

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR PEOPLE, IN UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IN ENSURING THE FAIR AND JUST RUNNING OF OUR SOCIETY.

+MY UNOFFICIAL COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THESE SAME OUTSTANDING QUALITIES WILL BE VALUABLY EMPLOYED IN SIR JACK'S NEXT APPOINTMENT AS HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER IN LONDON.

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