XN000022-1985-10-30 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1985

+ IN THAT DEBATE, AND IN THOSE THAT FOLLOWED IT, I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL GAVE VOICE TO THE REAL FEELINGS AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, SHE SAID.

SHE SAID THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS HAD THRUST GREATNESS ON SIR ROGER WHO ROSE SPLENDIDLY TO THE OCCASION, BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT HE HAD MADE A PLACE FOR HIMSELF AMONG THOSE IN, TO USE A PHRASE HE COINED, THE SANDWICH SOCIETY.

+HIS PLEA FOR CARE NOT TO ASK FOR TOO MUCH STRUCK A STRONG CHORD OF SYMPATHY.

+SO TOO DID HIS VERY HUMAN CALL TO AVOID PROPOSALS WHICH CREATED 'TOO WIDE A GAP BETWEEN WHAT IS STATISTICALLY SATISFACTORY AND WHAT IS PERSONALLY SATISFYING'.

+THE COUNCIL WILL MISS HIS PERSONAL TOUCH AND CHARACTERISTIC CHEERFULNESS, MISS DUNN SAID.

SHE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO MR BILL BROWN, MR ANDREW SO, MR WONG LAM, MR ALEX WU, MR FRANCIS TIEN, DR HARRY FANG, MR KEITH LAM AND MR CARL TONG. MENTIONING THE CONTRIBUTIONS EACH MADE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

SHE CONCLUDED BY SAYING ALL THESE MEN HAD SERVED HONG KONG WELL IN THE COUNCIL.

+THE CONTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUALS TO CONSENSUS CANNOT BE MEASURED BUT WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS THERE CAN BE NO CONSENSUS.

+THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OCCASIONS WHEN DIFFERENCES OF VIEW AMONG US AT THE OUTSET HAVE GIVEN WAY THROUGH PATIENT DISCUSSION TO YIELD CONSENSUS, SHE SAID,

+THIS MAY NOT BE AS EXCITING AS THE FIREWORKS OF FIERCE DEBATE AND CONFRONTATIONAL VOTING, BUT IT IS SURELY A BETTER WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT, SHE ADDED.

+STEADY PROGRESS, STABILITY+ STRESSED BY GOVERNOR *****

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PROMOTE +STEADY PROGRESS COMBINED WITH STABILITY AND TO CONTINUE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

+WE SHALL CONTINUE TO FORMULATE AND EXECUTE POLICIES WHICH WILL FULFIL THIS PURPOSE. WE SHALL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT AND RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC WILL, SIR EDWARD SAID.

/STATING THAT

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