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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988

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WHATEVER THE ISSUE, DAVID JEAFPRESON HAS BROUGHT TO IT UNSHAKABLE COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, SINGLE-MINDED DETERMINATION, TIRELESS ENERGY AND, ABOVE ALL, PERHAPS, A SENSE OF HUMOUR," SIR DAVID SAID.

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"IT IS REASSURING TO ALL OF US THAT HIS IMMENSE EXPERIENCE, WISDOM AND ENERGY WILL NOT BE LOST TO THE COMMUNITY HF SAID, AND EXTENDED GOOD WISHES TO MR JEAFFRESON WHO WILL SOON BE TAKING OVER THE POST OF COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION.

IN HER VALEDICTORY SPEECH, MISS DUNN ALSO NOTED THAT MR JEAFFRESON'S WIDE RANGE OF RESPONSIBILITIES AS SECRETARY FOR SECURITY HAD MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST PUT-UPON MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

"IN AN ATTEMPT TO SATISFY OUR ALMOST UNSAT LABLE CURIOSITY ABOUT ARSON, BLACKMAIL, ROBBERY AND OTHER SUBJECTS, HE HAS HAD TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS LAST SESSION AND SO FAR THIS SESSION THAN ANY OTHER OFFICIAL MEMBER.

"AND HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY STEERED THROUGH THE COUNCIL NUMEROUS COMPLEX PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PENAL REFORM,' MISS DUNN SAID,

SHE ADDED THAT IN A FIELD WHERE THE DECISIONS AND EXPLANATIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE WERE OFTEN DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL, MR JEAFFRESON HAD SHOWN SINCERITY, SENSITIVITY AND HUMANENESS.

COUNCIL IN HIS FREQUENT MEETINGS WITH THE LEGISLATIVE GROUPS AND THE SECURITY PANEL HE HAD BEEN UNFAILINGLY UNDERSTANDING AND FORTHCOMING, SHE SAID.

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MISS DUNN ALSO SAID MR JEAFFRESON WOULD TAKE WITH 1CAC THE WISDOM AND GOOD SENSE THAT HAD DISTINGUISHED HIS WORK IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

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SHE WISHED MR JEAFFRESON AND HIS WIFE ELISABETH THI GREATEST HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

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