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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1983′

TRIBUTES TO BILL DORWARD

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE OUTGOING SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON WILLIAM DORWARD, WHO WILL BE RETIRING FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO TAKE UP HIS NEW POST OF HONG KONG TRADE COMMISSIONER IN THE UNITED STATES.

SIR EDWARD SAID MR DORWARD HAD RENDERED LONG AND VALUABLE SERVICE IN THE TRADE AND INDUSTRY FIELDS SINCE HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AND HIS EXPERIENCE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE OF GREAT VALUE IN HIS NEW AND IMPORTANT POST.

THE HON R.H. LOBO, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, SAID MR DORWARD, AS SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, AND AS DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS BEFORE THAT, HAD BATTLED UNSPARINGLY FOR MANY YEARS TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.

MR DORWARD HAD SPENT ALMOST HIS ENTIRE SERVICE IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT WHOSE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND INTEGRITY WERE RESPECTED NOT ONLY LOCALLY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, MR LOBO SAID.

BILLS PASSED

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TWO BILLS, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL 1982 AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (RECRUITING OF SEAMEN) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983 WERE PASSED INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOUR OTHER BILLS, THE INLAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983, THE PROTECTION OF INVESTORS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983 AND THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983 WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNC IL FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS AND DEBATE ON THEM WAS ADJOURNED.

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