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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1985

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GOVERNOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO T.S. LO

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO MR T.S. LO, WHO HAD RECENTLY RESIGNED FROM THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS.

HE WAS JOINED BY SIR ROGER LOBO, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON

+HONOURABLE MEMBERS, SINCE WE LAST MET, MR T.S. LO HAS RESIGNED FROM THIS COUNCIL ON WHICH HE SERVED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS FROM 1974.

+THESE HAD BEEN PARTICULARLY BUSY YEARS IN THE LIFE OF THIS COUNCIL ESPECIALLY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS AND I WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE VALUABLE SERVICES HE HAS RENDERED NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNCIL BUT IN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC BODIES.

+1 AM SURE MEMBERS WOULD WISH TO JOIN ME IN WISHING MR LO WELL IN THE FUTURE.+

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SIR ROGER LOBO'S SPEECH:

+SIR, THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR EXCELLENCY'S TRIBUTE TO MR T.S. LO.

+HIS DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE ON THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS WON HIM WIDE RESPECT. HE WOULD BE REMEMBERED PARTICULARLY FOR HIS WORK IN THE UMELCO POLICE GROUP WHICH HE JOINED IN 1978 AND BECAME CHAIRMAN IN 1980.

+MR LO WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE BETWEEN 1980 AND 1982 AND SERVED AS THE CONVENER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GENERAL SERVICES WORKING GROUP BETWEEN 1982 AND 1984 AND ON OUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SCRUTINY GROUP BETWEEN 1978 AND 1980.

+HE WAS ALSO THE CONVENER OF THE UMELCO CIVIL SERVICE AND SECURITY PANELS, AND HIS SERVICES WILL BE MISSED BY UMELCO.

*WE WISH MR LO EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVOURS.+

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