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RESTRICTED STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
RESTRICTED
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1048
OF 02120OZ JULY 92
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PUS
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YOU WILL RECEIVE MANY TRIBUTES AS YOU LEAVE HONG KONG. BUT I WANTED TO SEND YOU AND NATASHA A HEARTFELT THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SERVICE FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
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IT IS RARE IN OUR WAY OF LIFE TO HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING THAT OUR EFFORTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN MEASURABLE WAYS TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE. BUT IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG, IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THE SUCCESS AND RESILIENCE OF THE TERRITORY TODAY, AND THE WELFARE OF ITS PEOPLE, OWE A GREAT DEAL TO YOUR OWN WISDOM AND HARD WORK OVER THE YEARS.
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WE HAVE ALL ADMIRED THE WAY IN WHICH YOU HAVE CARRIED THE ENORMOUS AND LONELY BURDENS OF THE GOVERNORSHIP. I AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE DS HAVE REASON TO BE GRATEFUL TO YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WARM AND GENEROUS HOSPITALITY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AS WELL AS THE METICULOUS ORGANISATION OF INNUMERABLE PROGRAMMES. IT HAS TRULY BEEN A ROLLS ROYCE OPERATION.
4. IT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE THAT YOU SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO PLAY A ROLE IN HONG KONG'S AFFAIRS, AND I AM DELIGHTED THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO FROM THE HOUSE OF LORDS. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE VERY SHORTLY.
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