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DUNN PAYS TRIBUTE TO CHEN

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1987

DUNN,

SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HON LYDIA TODAY (THURSDAY) PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HON CHEN SHOU-LUM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MR CHEN WILL RETIRING FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SESSION.

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COUNCIL ΤΟ MARK THE RETIREMENT OF "AN OLD AND MUCH-LOVED FRIEND", MISS DUNN SAID MR CHEN'S BEHIND THE SCENES WAS LESS KNOWN PUBLICLY.

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SHE SAID MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD ESPECIALLY REMEMBER THOROUGH AND DEDICATED WORK AS CONVENER OF THE OMELCO CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS PANEL.

"THEIR REPORT AND THE FULL, THOUGHTFUL, AND WELL-RESEARCHED SPEECHES WE HAVE HEARD TODAY AND YESTERDAY OWE MUCH TO THAT PANEL'S DETERMINATION ΤΟ HEAR AND EXAMINE EVERY POINT OF VIEW WITH A RECEPTIVE AND SYMPATHETIC MIND," SHE SAID.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MISS DUNN SAID MR CHEN AND SHE JOINED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE SAME DAY AND THEY HAD FOR 11 LONG SESSIONS BEEN THE HAPPIEST AND CLOSEST OF NEIGHBOURS.

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"LIKE MANY PAST AND PRESENT COLLEAGUES, I HAVE COME TO RELY HIM FOR HIS WISE AND RELIABLE ADVICE AND FOR HIS NEVER FAILING CHEERFULNESS AND GOOD HUMOUR.

"NOR SHOULD I FORGET THAT WHEN LAST SUMMER THE DAYA BAY DEBATE THREATENED TO GET OVERHEATED, AND WHEN I HAD LONG BEFORE VANISHED TO COOLER CLIMES, MR CHEN REMAINED BEHIND IN MY PLACE, AND, WITH TACT AND UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTED A MELTDOWN, SHE SAID.

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"WE SHALL MISS MR CHEN FOR HIS WARMTH AND SENSE OF FOR HIS MODESTY AND COURTESY; THESE QUALITIES WILL BE REPLACE AS HIS WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE.

HUMOUR AND AS HARD ΤΟ

"WE WISH HIM AND HIS WIFE DORIS THE HAPPIEST AND HEALTHIEST RETIREMENTS, ** SHE ADDED.

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