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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994

STATEMENT BY DEPUTY TO GOVERNOR ON MICHAEL GALE'S DEATH

STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, ON THE DEATH OF MR MICHAEL GALE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HONGKONG TELECOM.

DEATH OF "I WAS SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE SUDDEN MICHAEL GALE. AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HONGKONG TELECOM, MR GALE WAS ONE OF OUR MOST DYNAMIC AND RESPECTED BUSINESSMEN.

DEALINGS

IN HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CABLE AND WIRELESS GROUP, HE CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUSLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. AS SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, I HAD CLOSE WITH MR GALE. TOGETHER WE TACKLED MANY DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX BUT THEY WERE MADE EASIER BY HIS VISION AND UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG AND THE REGION.

ACTIVELY

ISSUES

FOR

AND WAS MR GALE HAD GREAT FAITH IN HONG KONG AND ITS FUTURE,

INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IN PROMOTING HONG KONG INTERNATIONALLY. WE SHALL MISS HIS ENERGY AND COMMITMENT.

ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY HJS CHILDREN MARK AND CONDOLENCES TO

WIFE, JESSAMINE AND TO HIS JANETTE. I HOPE THEY WILL DERIVE SOME COMFORT FROM THE FACT THAT MANY SHARE THEIR GRIEF."

SO

BARONESS DUNN'S STATEMENT ON MICHAEL GALE'S DEATH

SENIOR MEMBER THE FOLLOWING

A STATEMENT BY THE IS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, BARONESS DUNN, ON HEARING THE DEATH OF MR GALE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HONG KONG TELECOMMUNICATION:

OF

THE MICHAEL

"I AM DEEPLY SADDENED BY NEWS OF MICHAEL GALE'S UNTIMELY DEATH.

KONG MR GALE HAS HAD A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN HONG

HONG KONG'S CONTRIBUTING TO A PERIOD OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS. I SEND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCE TO HIS FAMILY

THE AND TO

MANAGEMENT

HONG AND STAFF OF TELECOMMUNICATION GROUP, HONG KONG TELECOM HAS LOST A CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND HONG KONG HAS LOST A STAUNCH SUPPORTER. SHALL ALL MISS HIM."

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KONG CAPABLE

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