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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

THEY HAD BETWEEN THEM +CONTRIBUTED 68 YEARS OF SERVICE, WITH A RANGE AND DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE WHICH BY ANY STANDARDS IS

REMARKABLE, SIR EDWARD SAID.

HIS VALEDICTORY REMARKS COULD NOT DO THEM FULL JUSTICE, SIR EDWARD SAID, BUT THE IR NAMES WOULD BE RECORDED IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL DURING THE PERIOD WHEN HONG KONG'S DESTINY WAS BEING SHAPED.

+HONG KONG OWES THEM MUCH,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.

SIR ROGER LOBO, SIR EDWARD SAID, HAD JOINED THE COUNCIL 13 YEARS AGO, AND SERVED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS SENIOR AMONG THE APPOINTED MEMBERS.

+THE SKILL AND TACT WITH WHICH HE HAS GUIDED HIS COLLEAGUES HAS BEEN MATCHED ONLY BY HIS CONSISTENT CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

DR HARRY FANG, WHO HAD SERVED 1 YEARS, HAD BEEN A SOURCE OF WISE COUNSEL IN THE IMPORTANT AREAS OF MEDICINE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.

+HE WILL BE REMEMBERED ABOVE ALL FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF REHABILITATION AND IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE DISABLED, SIR EDWARD SAID.

SPEAKING OF MR FRANCIS TIEN, WHO HAD JOINED THE COUNCIL IN 1974, THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS STAUNCH ADVOCACY OF FREE TRADE AND THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE WHICH WERE THE LIFE BLOOD OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY WERE REFLECTED IN THE SUCCESS STORY OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND TRADE.

+HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL ALSO MISS THE LITERARY ALLUSIONS WHICH HAVE ENLIVENED HIS SPEECHES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

MR ALEX WU, WHO HAD SERVED 10 YEARS, HAD SEEN THE TRANSFORMATION OF HONG KONG'S CULTURAL LIFE, THE GOVERNOR

SAID.

+AND NOT ONLY SEEN IT FOR IT IS IN NO SMALL MEASURE DUE TO HIS CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL, HE ADDED.

+THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, AND HIS ABLE ADVOCACY IN PROMOTING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE WOULD BE HIS MONUMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

MR WONG LAM, SIR EDWARD SAID, WAS ANOTHER PROPONENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE WHO HAD DONE MUCH TO PROMOTE ITS USE IN THE COUNCIL.

AS A MEMBER FOR NINE YEARS, MR LAM COULD REFLECT WITH JUSTIFIABLE PRIDE ON HIS MANY ACHIEVEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND ON HIS QUIET BUT DETERMINED GUARDIANSHIP OF THEIR INTERESTS.

/MR ANDREW