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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989

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VALEDICTORY TRIBUTE TO DONALD LIAO

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THE GOVERNOR, HIS EXCELLENCY SIR DAVID WILSON, PAID TRIBUTE то THE RETIRING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DONALD LIAO, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNEDSAY).

IN A VALEDICTORY SPEECH, SIR DAVID SAID HE WOULD LIKE ΤΟ HIGHLIGHT THREE IMPORTANT FACETS OF MR LIAO'S CAREER OF SOME 29 YEARS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

REFERRING TO MR LIAO'S LENGTHY SERVICE AS HEAD OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OF WHICH HE WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER IN 1968 AT THE AGE OF 38, HE SAID MR LIAO HAD DEVELOPED IMAGINATIVE HOUSING POLICIES WHICH HAD GREATLY BENEFITTED THE GROWING POPULATION OF HONG KONG.

MR LIAO WAS ONE OF THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO COULD LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE MONUMENT TO WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED, HE SAID.

"SECONDLY, AS SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SINCE 1985, HE HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG.

"HIS VIGOROUS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION HAVE CERTAINLY BORNE FRUIT. AS A RESULT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TODAY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN THEIR SURROUNDINGS, IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND IN THEIR

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FUTURE, SIR DAVID SAID.

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FINALLY MR LIAO HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH TEAM OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SINCE MARCH OF 1987, AND THE TEAM HAD BENEFITTED GREATLY FROM HIS PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OF HONG KONG AND HIS FEEL FOR THE CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS OF ITS PEOPLE.

"I AM SURE THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL WISH ΤΟ JOIN ME IN THANKING MR LIAO MOST WARMLY FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL AND TO HONG KONG AND TO WISH HIM AND MRS LIAO A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND PRODUCTIVE RETIREMENT, SIR DAVID ADDED.

THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THE HON ALLEN LEE, ALSO MADE A VALEDICTORY SPEECH ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS, AND SAID OF MR LIAO:

"MANY OF US HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG LONG THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG.

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TIME, PARTICULARLY TREMENDOUS HOUSING

COMMITMENT

AND HIS

'WE HAVE WITNESSED HIS DEDICATION, HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS IN IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG.

"HIS DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY HAS WON HIM WIDE RESPECT.

"FURTHERMORE, WE WILL REMEMBER HIM AS A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND SENSE OF HUMOUR AND PATIENCE IN THE OFTEN PROTRACTED THIS COUNCIL.'

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