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in no uncertain manner. We join with you in welcoming Mr. WAKE- FIELD. I was very sorry that he presided at his first and, at the same time, last meeting of the Resettlement Policy Select Committee last month.

Sir, may I say, in conclusion, that I understand that my colleague Mr. K. S. Lo has a particular interest in reciprocating the welcome which Dr. BELL accorded to him when he was first appointed to this Council.

MR. K. S. Lo:-Mr. Chairman, may I join with my senior col- leagues in extending my heartiest congratulations to all those who are re-elected and to extend a very warm welcome to those who are taking their seats here this afternoon for the first time. I am particularly happy to see my good friend Dr. Alison BELL back in this Council again. The Council was never the same after she left and will never be the same again now that she is back. (Laughter). I remembered very clearly the day when I first took my seat here and my first en- counter with Dr. BELL. On that occasion she was filled with remorse and spoke with great lamentation that yet another seat had been given over to the male species. To-day, Alison returns to find her own uniqueness of being the only lady member lost forever, for within the last three years the number of lady members in this Council has in- creased by 300%. This shows that time changes fast even in this Council, and if the rate of increase in lady members keeps up at this tempo, I fear that we men will have to unite together and petition to the Governor to save this Council from the women. (Laughter).

DR. A. M. S. BELL:-Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, you have no idea how much pleasure I have in saying "Ladies". For seven years when I was with you I could never say this-I would have been accused of talking to myself and I had to get used to being addressed as a gentleman, as I was often assured that this term included the feminine! Thank you all very much for all your kind words of welcome. When I spoke with you, Mr. Chairman, on the 'phone the other day you told me you had arranged television for me and that I must say a few words, but I hear that what I say is not in fact going on television. I was going to have said: Having recently had occasion to make my debut on television when I asked everyone to vote for the Reform Club, I am now delighted to say "Thank you" through the same medium to all those who voted the Reform Club members into this Council and to assure them that we shall stand by every word which we promised on our platform. I must say, Mr. Chairman, that when I was the only feminine member of this Council, you never had the courage to turn down four out of five of the questions which I sent in for any meeting-perhaps this happening to-day, however, was my fault for anticipating that your progress report would be a progress report not for the H.K.U.C., Hong Kong Urban Council, but

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a progress report for the G.H.K. and K.C., Greater Hong Kong and Kowloon Council.

May I join you in welcoming Mr. Henry Hu, Mr. FoRSGATE, Mr. LOBO, Mr. LAM and Mr. WAKEFIELD to this Council, and, of course, also our three Civic Association opponents. (Laughter). At the same time, Mr. Chairman, may I congratulate you and your splendid seating arrangements for our Reform Club members. We really have got our opponents surrounded on all sides and we shall go on from victory to victory. (Laughter). (Applause).

MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, let me say first of all that I welcome our Official colleague Mr. Jimmy WAKEFIELD to this Council. He is an old friend of mine and we have never had much to argue about in the past, but I hope we will have an opportunity to do so in our various Select Committees. I would also, on behalf of the Civic Association Elected Members, take this opportunity of welcoming Dr. Alison BELL back to this Urban Council. She is ensconced quite securely between two Civic Association Elected Members Councillor CHEUNG Wing-in and myself. Now in view of what she has said, I am just not too sure whether we will have the upper hand on the fair sex or whether Dr. BELL will have the upper hand on us, but this much I can say, that with Dr. BELL's presence here the women's front in Hong Kong will be immeasurably strengthened thereby. I also wel- come Mr. Henry Hu who is a friend of many years' standing and I am sure he will be a staunch addition to this Council, despite the fact that he happens to be on the Reform Club side. I also am very pleased to see across the table our friend Mr. Daniel LAM. I first met him in 1960 in Stockholm. I think both of us took turns at being honorary salesmen of the Hong Kong display there. I think that he worked only three times harder than I did and I think that augurs well for his future work in this Council. Mr. Roger LOBO, of course, is no stranger to many of us. We were working in committees as early back as ten years ago-isn't that right, Mr. Loвo?--and I have a very high regard for his integrity. Whatever it is, Mr. Chairman, I am pretty sure that Mr. LOBO will prove a tower of strength whenever the Appointed side starts to lag. I have not had the pleasure of working together with Mr. FORSGATE, but I am pretty sure that he will be co- operative and constructive in his approach to problems in this Council. No one who runs a large-scale godown company for the benefit of the people of Hong Kong can do otherwise. I am sure that he will put forward results which are in keeping with the high standard for which this Council has been recognized by many and which we consider as a hallmark of this Council within recent years.

MR. SALES: Sir, am I to understand that Mr. CHEONG-LEEN is the incoming Chairman of the Standing Orders and Procedure Select Committee?