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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

+FIRST STEP TO ELECTED LEGISLATURE+

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THE ENTRY OF 24 ELECTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS MARKED THE FIRST STEP ALONG THE ROAD TO AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE, THE HON LYDIA DUNN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE NEW SENIOR LEGCO MEMBER WAS SPEAKING AT THE UNVEIL ING CEREMONY OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUILDING.

MISS DUNN SAID SHE HOPED THAT THE WISDOM AND DIGNITY WITH WHICH JUSTICE HAD BEEN DISPENSED UNDER THESE STONES AND TIMBERS IN THE PAST WOULD INSPIRE ALL THOSE WHO WOULD SERVE HERE AS MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.

+ I HOPE TOO THAT WE SHALL FIND UNITY IN OUR DIVERSITY.

+THE ENERGY AND DIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S PEOPLE HAS BROUGHT US PHENOMENAL ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS.

BUT AT THIS TIME OF OUR HISTORY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO DRAW UNITY FROM THAT DIVERSITY, BECAUSE BOTH ARE ESSENTIAL TO HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, SHE SAID.

+AS WE EMBARK UPON THE HISTORIC TRANSITION FROM BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY TO CHINESE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, LET US REMEMBER BOTH THE WORDS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: 'IF A HOUSE BE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, THAT HOUSE CANNOT STAND MISS DUNN ADDED.

SHE ALSO CITED THE WORDS OF THE FAMOUS CHINESE HISTORIAN, ZUO QIUMING, THAT +UNITY IS STRENGTH+,

OUTGOING LEGCO MEMBERS THANKED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

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NINE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS RETIRING FROM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND SIX OFFICIAL MEMBERS LEAVING THE COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS WERE THANKED TODAY BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, FOR THE IR SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

IN HIS VALEDICTORIES TO THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, SIR EDWARD SAID THAT HE WAS HAPPY, HOWEVER, THAT THEY WERE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER TO RECEIVE WARM TRIBUTÉS DUE TO THEM ALL FOR THE IR NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL.+

THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WERE: SIR ROGER LOBO, DR HARRY FANG, MR FRANCIS TIEN, MR ALEX WU, MR WONG LAM, MR ANDREW SO, MR BILL BROWN, MR KEITH LAM AND MR CARL TONG.

/THEY HAD