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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1987

MEMORIAL FOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE

A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN TRIBUTE TO THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

THE PROJECTS INCLUDE A PAVILION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND A MEMORIAL PLAQUE AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL. AN AVIARY IN CENTRAL WILL ALSO BE NAMED IN MEMORY OF SIR EDWARD, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

"THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE DECIDED ΤΟ BUILD, WITH DONATIONS FROM ITS MEMBERS, A PAVILION IN THE LUK KENG COUNTRY PARK IN MEMORY OF SIR EDWARD AND TO NAME IT AFTER HIM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"THE MEMBERS REGARDED SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE AS WEEKEND RESIDENTS OF NORTH DISTRICT WHO WERE REGULAR TREKKERS IN THE LUK KENG AREA, HE ADDED.

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LADY YOUDE HAD WELCOMED THE PROPOSAL AND DURING HER RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG, STUDIED THE DESIGN AND INSPECTED THE SITE FOR THE PAVILION.

THE AVIARY TO BE PROVIDED IN A FUTURE PARK ON THE VICTORIA BARRACKS SITE WOULD BE NAMED AFTER SIR EDWARD WHOSE LOVE OF NATURE, PARTICULARLY OF BIRDS, WAS WELL KNOWN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

UPON LADY YOUDE'S SUGGESTION, THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL HAD AGREED THAT ADMISSION TO THE AVIARY WOULD BE FREE. LADY YOUDE WOULD BE FURTHER CONSULTED ON THE NAME OF THE MEMORIAL AVIARY.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE ASSOCIATION HAS RAISED $28,000 FROM ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE PLACING OF MEMORIAL PLAQUE IN ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"LADY YOUDE HAS AGREED TO A SIMPLE SERVICE OF DEDICATION FOR THE PLACING OF THE PLAQUE AND THE OPENING OF THE LUK KENG PAVILION WHEN SHE COMES BACK TO HONG KONG NEXT FEBRUARY,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE MEMORIAL FUND WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL MEMORIAL TO THE LATE GOVERNOR NOW STOOD AT MORE THAN $81 MILLION.

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