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During these past seven years the work of this Council has increased many fold, and the responsibilities of members have correspondingly increased. Eddie has shouldered his share of the responsibilities with ability and dignity, and has endeared himself to his colleagues by his fine character and his charming personality. (Hear, hear). And I know I am voicing the sentiments of all members of this Council, both official and unofficial, when I say that we shall miss Eddie with a keen sense of loss, but we cannot deny him the justice of his claim to devote more of his time and attention to the calls of his patients who make such a great demand upon his professional skill.
In bidding Eddie farewell, we wish him good luck, good health and good fortune for the future, and thank him for the services he has given to this Council. (Applause).
MR. BERNACCHI:- On behalf of the Reform Club members I would like to say it is with regret that we say goodbye today to two Members of this Council who have been with us for a long time.
Dr. Gosano was already a Member when I joined the Council in 1952 and I know that he has put in many years of hard work in the course of his duties here. As is only natural on any Council, we may not always have seen eye to eye, but in the public eye the differences get enlarged and the tremendous amount of work which we have been able to do together sometimes comes to be overlooked. I should therefore like to take this opportunity to say publicly that the Urban Council has greatly benefited from the experience and hard work that Dr. Gosano contributed and that the loss of him from the Council will be felt for a long time to come.
In the case of Mr. Keen, I do remember him joining this Council. But it seems a long time ago now when the Social Welfare Officer, as he was then, was made an ex officio member since it was felt that the work of the Council was very closely connected with social welfare work in the Colony, particularly of course in the matter of hawkers concerning whom so much has been said today in another connexion. Mr. Keen has seen his office develop into a separate Department with himself as the Director of Social Welfare and as with Dr. Gosano he has contributed very much to the work of this Council and will be greatly missed. We all wish him and Mrs. Keen a very long and happy retirement and we hope that they will sometime find the opportunity to return to Hong Kong and visit us again. (Applause).
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DR. P. F. Woo:- I would like to associate myself with the sentiments expressed by you and the other speakers on the retirement of Mr. Keen and Dr. Gosano. I take this opportunity to add that during the time I work with Mr. Keen in this Council I have found that he has the widest knowledge of the social problems in the Colony and this is best shown in the way he handled the hawkers problem. I am afraid his services would not be easily replaced.
Besides being at school together, Dr. Gosano and I had spent two years in the same hostel and had sat together in the same university. No one could have predicted at that time that after a quarter of a century, we would have the opportunity of spending another two years together in this Council. I have always regarded his constant smiling face as a feature of his amiable personality which becomes a respectable councillor, and I am sure all of us here would miss his sound advice after his retirement.
My colleagues and I wish Mr. Keen and Dr. Gosano and their wives a very happy retirement. (Applause).
ADJOURNMENT.
CHAIRMAN:- That concludes the business for us today. Council will adjourn until Tuesday, 1st April.
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During these past seven years the work of this Council has increased many fold, and the responsibilities of members have correspondingly increased. Eddie has shouldered his share of the responsibilities with ability and dignity, and has endeared himself to his colleagues by his fine character and his charming personality. (hear hear). And I know I am voicing the senti- ments of all members of this Council, both official and unofficial, when I say that we shall miss Eddie with a keen sense of loss, but we cannot deny him the justice of his claim to devote more of his time and attention to the calls of his patients who make such a great demand upon his professional skill.
In bidding Eddie farewell, we wish him good luck, good health and good fortune for the future, and thank him for the services he has given to this Council. (Applause).
MR. BERNACCHI :- -On behalf of the Reform Club members I would like to say it is with regret that we say goodbye today to two Members of this Council who have been with us for a long time.
Dr. Gosano was already a Member when I joined the Council in 1952 and I know that he has put in many years of hard work in the course of his duties here. As is only natural on any Council, we may not always have seen eye to eye, but in the public eye the differences get enlarged and the tremendous amount of work which we have been able to do together some- times comes to be overlooked. I should therefore like to take this opportunity to say publicly that the Urban Council has greatly benefitted from the experience and hard work that Dr. Gosano contributed and that the loss of him from the Council will be felt for a long time to come.
In the case of Mr. Keen, I do remember him joining this Council. But it seems a long time ago now when the Social Welfare Officer, as he was then, was made an ex officio member since it was felt that the work of the Council was very closely connected with social welfare work in the Colony, particularly of course in the matter of hawkers concerning whom so much has been said today in another connexion. Mr. Keen has seen his office develop into a separate Department with himself as the Director of Social Welfare and as with Dr. Gosano he has contributed very much to the work of this Council and will be greatly missed. We all wish him and Mrs. Keen a very long
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and happy retirement and we hope that they will sometime find the opportunity to return to Hong Kong and visit us again. (Applause).
DR. P. F. Woo:-I would like to associate myself with the sentiments expressed by you and the other speakers on the retirement of Mr. Keen and Dr. Gosano. I take this opportunity to add that during the time I work with Mr. Keen in this Council I have found that he has the widest knowledge of the social problems in the Colony and this is best shown in the way he handled the hawkers problem. I am afraid his services would not be easily replaced.
Besides being at school together, Dr. Gosano and I had spent two years in the same hostel and had sat together in the same university. No one could have predicted at that time that after a quarter of a century, we would have the opportunity of I have spending another two years together in this Council. always regarded his constant smiling face as a feature of his amiable personality which becomes a respectable councillor, and I am sure all of us here would miss his sound advice after his retirement.
My colleagues and I wish Mr. Keen and Dr. Gosano and their wives a very happy retirement. (Applause).
ADJOURNMENT.
CHAIRMAN:- -That concludes the business for us today. Council will adjourn until Tuesday, 1st April.
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