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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1982

GIRLS TOLD NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE THEIR COMMUNITY ROLE

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GIRLS GRADUATING FROM ST. CATHARINE'S SCHOOL IN KWUN TONG WERE TOLD BY LADY YOUDE THIS EVENING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO PLAY THEIR PART IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO IMPROVE HONG KONG LIFE.

+YOU ARE HONG KONG'S FUTURE, AND WE HAVE GREAT FAITH IN YOU, LADY YOUDE SAID, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SCHOOL'S SPEECH DAY.

SHE TOLD THE GIRLS THAT WHETHER THEY WERE CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION OR GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD, THEY COULD BE CONFIDENT THAT THE SCHOOL WORK THEY HAD DONE WOULD HELP THEM MAKE A GOOD START IN LIFE. THEY WERE FORTUNATE ALSO, LADY YOUDE SAID, TO HAVE A PRINCIPAL IN THE REVD, JOYCE BENNETT WHO HAD NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE SCHOOL, BUT HAD ALSO FOUGHT FOR A BETTER EDUCATION AND A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

+AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SHE HAS WORKED UNSTINTINGLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAVE ALL BENEFITED FROM HER WIDE-RANGING EXPERIENCE. MISS BENNETT'S LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED THE SCHOOL TO GIVE YOU THE FULLEST PREPARATION FOR YOUR FUTURE. SHE HAS SET AN EXAMPLE WHICH I AM SURE WILL BE AN INSPIRATION TO YOU ALL, LADY YOUDE SAID.

SHE WISHED THE GIRLS ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE IR CHOSEN CAREER, AND LATER PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO THEM.

20 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

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THE CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR G.E. EYLES, IS RETIRING AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR GRAHAM OSBORNE, PRESENTED MR EYLES WITH A SILVER TRAY AND TWO SILVER GOBLETS ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT.

MR EYLES, WHO WAS THE VEHICLE SECTION MANAGER (HONG KONG), DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY HIS DEVOTION TO DUTY, HE SAID.

+HE HAS NEVER FAILED TO REPORT FOR DUTY DURING A TYPHOON OR ANY OTHER EMERGENCY AND IN 1964, HAVING ONLY JUST RETURNED TO DUTY AFTER MAJOR SURGERY, UNDERTOOK 24 HOURS OF ARDUOUS DUTY DURING TYPHOON RUBY, MR OSBORNE SAID.

+HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CLEARING DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO FLOW THE NEXT DAY, HE ADDED.

/IN JULY

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