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SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1982

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SIR MURRAY PRAISED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

AFFAIRS, MR FRANCIS PYM, AND THE MINISTER OF STATE, LORD BELSTEAD, HAVE SENT CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES TO SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE ON HIS RETIREMENT AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG.

IN HIS MESSAGE, MR PYM SAID:

+ON YOUR RETIREMENT PLEASE ACCEPT MY WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. THE TERRITORY HAS PROSPERED GREATLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. I KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS AND AM VERY GRATEFUL.

+I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE GETTING BETTER AND HOPE YOUR FULL RECOVERY WILL BE SPEEDY. MAY I WISH YOU AND YOUR WIFE EVERY HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.+

LORD BELSTEAD, IN HIS MESSAGE, SAID:

+ I KNOW THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS SENDING YOU A MESSAGE. IF I MAY, I SHOULD LIKE TO ADD MY PERSONAL THANKS TO HIS FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AS GOVERNOR. I KNOW WE ALL OWE A GREAT DEAL TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE. MY BEST WISHES TO YOU BOTH FOR THE FUTURE.+

SIR PHILIP IS ACTING GOVERNOR

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SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE HAS ASSUMED THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS ACTING GOVERNOR.

AT A CEREMONY IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, SIR PHILIP, HOLDING THE BIBLE, READ THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, THE OFFICIAL OATH AND THE JUDICIAL OATH AS PRESCRIBED BY ARTICLE | OF THE LETTERS PATENT.

THE OATHS WERE ADMINISTERED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, IN THE PRESENCE OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

SIR PHILIP THEN SIGNED THE THREE OATHS IN THE OATHS BOOK AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE COUNTER-SIGNED.