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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989

GOVERNOR, SENIOR MEMBER PAY TRIBUTE TO RETIRING SEM * * * *

WHO

TRIBUTE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PAID TO THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE,

FOR HIS VALUABLE IS RETIRING FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER 32 YEARS,

ALSO CONTRIBUTION NOT ONLY TO THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BUT TO HONG KONG.

IN

COUNCIL, IN THE LEGISLATIVE SPEECH A VALEDICTORY

IN AUGUST GOVERNOR SAID MR BRIDGE WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE COUNCIL

OVER FIVE AND A HALF 1977 AND, IN TOTAL, HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER FOR YEARS.

THE

FOR

LABOUR

AND ALSO

IN HIS PRESENT

"AS COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT. MR BRIDGE HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK,

**HE HAS PILOTED IMPORTANT LABOUR

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PROVIDE BETTER

PROTECTION FOR

THE HAVE LED TO

LEGISLATION

THE

THROUGH THIS AND WORKFORCE

HIS OF ESTABLISHMENT

THE INTO BEING LAST

COUNCIL INTEREST AND DETERMINATION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL WHICH CAME YEAR," SIR DAVID SAID.

"EXTENSION OF THE SCOPE OF BOTH THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME YEARS AND THE PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY FUND IN THE LAST FEW HAS BEEN DUE IN NO SMALL MEASURE TO HIS CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE WORKFORCE IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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CONTRIBUTION IN THE EDUCATION THE GOVERNOR SAID MR BRIDGR'S FIELD WAS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE, HAVING STEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE SETTING UP THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE.

THE

OF

"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE TWO INSTITUTIONS WILL PROVIDE KIND OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS THAT HONG KONG SO NEEDS FOR ITS LONG-TERM STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.

THE

BADLY

"HE HAS ALSO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ASSISTING IN THE OF

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, WHICH WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, SIR DAVID SAID.

WORK ON

"ALTHOUGH MR BRIDGE IS LEAVING HONG KONG, THE FRUITS OF ALL HIS AND HARD WORK WILL REMIND US OF HIS DEDICATION, IMPARTIALITY, WISDOM SOUND JUDGEMENT, HE ADDED.

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IN A VALEDICTORY

MEMBER, THE HON

ALLEN

SPEECH LEE,

ON

BEHALF

OF

SAID

FEW

CIVIL

MEMBERS, SERVANTS

THE SENIOR COULD MATCH

MR

BRIDGE'S RICH AND VARIED PARTICULARLY IN THE LABOUR FIELD.

EXPERIENCE

IN THE

GOVERNMENT,

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