TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1984
GOVERNOR PRAISES BOARD MEMBERS FOR WORK
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (TUESDAY) PRAISED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY.
SIR EDWARD SPEAKING IN PUTONGHUA, WAS ADDRESSING A GATHERING OF MORE THAN 1 500 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AT A SPRING RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
HE SAID HONG KONG PEOPLE FACED AND OVERCAME A SERIES OF CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES WITH PRAGMATISM AND DETERMINATION LAST YEAR.
SIR EDWARD ALSO OFFERED A NEW YEAR TOAST AND REPEATED HIS GREETINGS IN CANTONESE.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE LATER MINGLED WITH THE GUESTS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, IR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AND HIS WIFE.
GUESTS ATTENDING THE ANNUAL RECEPTION INCLUDED MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, HEUNG YEE KUK, COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND INTEREST GROUPS.
THEY WERE GREETED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAMS AND OFFICIALS OF THE 18 DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH AT THE CNTA SPRING RECEPTION:
+I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
+LAST YEAR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FACED AND OVERCAME A SERIES OF CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES WITH PRAGMATISM AND DETERMINATION. EACH ONE OF YOU HAS MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY AND I AM VERY PLEASED THAT YOUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN WELL REWARDED.
+THE RAT IS A SYMBOL OF INTELLIGENCE, TACTFULNESS AND VITALITY, WHILE "JIAZI' IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CYCLE OF SIXTY YEARS IN THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CALENDAR. THE YEAR OF THE RAT THEREFORE MARKS AN ERA OF VIN AND VIGOUR. I WISH YOU ALL EVERY SUCCESS IN THE NEW YEAR, AND HOPE THAT WITH ALL YOUR EFFORTS, HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PROSPER. LET US NOW RAISE OUR GLASS TO TOAST A HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR.+
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