The more than ten years of Sir Murray's service to Hong Kong have seen the extention of principles of consultation and representation as well as the passage through this Council of a body of legislation which reflecta to a marked degree his obvious concern for the welfare of the people of Hong Kong and for the development of a fair and just society.
Sir Murray's term of office has also seen, as the Financial Secretary so ably said in concluding his Budget address, an outstanding improvement in the living standards of the average man and woman in terms of housing, health, education, social welfare, recreation, law and order, transport and many other fields.
Sir Murray's own mark is stamped clearly upon mary of these programmes and they will indeed stand as his contribution to the history of this territory.
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It is particularly gratifying that in his new role Sir Murray will, still have the opportunity to exercise his concern for us.
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We know that Sir Murray will continue to think of as we, most surely, will not forget him and his dedication to Hong Kong.
I will therefore repeat Sir, that all of us in this community offer our heartfelt gratitude to Sir Murray for his leadership during these memorable "MacLehose Years".
We would also like to express our thanks to Lady MacLehose for all that she has done in so many fields.
All of us here and indeed the people of Hong Kong regret that Sir Murray's tenure of office has come to an end and I would like to express our good wishes to Lady MacLehose and Sir Murray for a well-earned, long and happy retirement the people of Hong Kong will always keep them in their hearts.
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