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SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1987

QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE, AND IS EMBARGOED UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING1

+TODAY ALL OF US IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE CELEBRATING OUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS GREAT FAMILY OF PEOPLES WHICH REACHES ACROSS OCEANS, LANGUAGES AND RACES. IT INCLUDES MANY WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS AND WAYS OF LIFE BUT ALL OF THEM HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON THEY HAVE DISCOVERED HOW TO WORK THINGS OUT TOGETHER.

+ONE OF THE GREAT STRENGTHS OF THE COMMONWEALTH LIES IN ITS ABILITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE FUNDAMENTAL GOOD WILL OF ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND ITS WILLINGNESS TO REACH COMPROMISES ON DIFFICULT PROBLEMS.

+I THINK IT IS TRUE TO SAY THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A YOUNG GENERATION MORE AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE AMONG YOU AND MORE WILLING TO HELP THEM. IT IS YOU WHO SHOW THAT THE COMMONWEALTH IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF POLITICS OR MONEY OR EVEN JUST COMMON SENSE IT IS A MATTER OF THE HEART.

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+SO TODAY, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, TO DO ALL YOU CAN TO HELP THE CAUSE OF HUMAN GOODNESS, TO SHARE WITH OTHERS YOUR ENTHUSIASMS AND VISIONS, YOUR THOUGHTS AND HOPES, AND ABOVE ALL YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

+JUST OVER 50 YEARS AGO MY GRANDFATHER KING GEORGE V SAID TO THE YOUTH OF HIS DAY BE READY AND PROUD TO GIVE TO YOUR COUNTRY THE SERVICES OF YOUR WORK, YOUR MIND AND YOUR HEART'. TODAY I ASK YOU TO GIVE THEM ALSO TO THE COMMONWEALTH.+

ACHIEVEMENTS OF YIN NGAI SOCIETIES PRAISED

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SUNDAY) PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR RECENT SUPPORT FOR THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND.

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES SOME SIX YEARS AGO, THERE HAS BEEN MARKED DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR ACTIVITIES MAINLY DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF THE YIN NGAI MEMBERS.

THE MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED TO THE YIN NGAI MEMBERS BY THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MRS CARRIE YAU, AT THE SOCIETIES ANNUAL SPRING GATHERING.

/TIN NGAI