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will really be Joy Kin (Laughter) but perhaps on the other side of the table. (Laughter) (Applause) Mr. Chairman, Joy Kin David and Julia, Hon-chu and K. S. (Applause).

MR. BARON:Mr. Chairman, I do very greatly appreciate the most generous words which you yourself and my colleage Mr. BERNACCHI have spoken about me. I feel that these are very un- deserved. I am conscious that I have made a limited contribution to the work of this Council for the last eight years since I have been a member, but I have enjoyed working with my colleagues here, and I shall be extremely sorry to cease to be a member of this Council. May I just add, Sir, that I have over these years come to have an increasing respect for the public spirited efforts which members of the Council make constantly to discharge their responsibilities, which are often very delicate and difficult. It is not easy, I think, for people who are not members of this Council to appreciate how much anxious thought and long deliberation goes into trying to solve these problems, particu- larly in select committee, and I would like to pay my very modest but nevertheless very sincere tribute to my colleagues on this Council.

My thanks again to you, Sir, and to my colleagues, for their very kind words, and may I wish the future of this Council every success.

Thank you very much, Sir. (Applause).

MR. FUNG: I thank you, Sir, and my colleagues, most sincerely for your very kind words. It has been really a great privilege and pleasure for me to have been associated with this Council over the years. I wish to thank particularly my colleagues and the staff of the Department, who gave me so much support at meetings of the com- mittees of which I have been Chairman. Having been a member of this Council for quite a few years, I have inevitably become very much attached to this Council, and its members, and I really feel very sorry that I have to tender my resignation and say goodbye to you all. I will, however, continue to keep a very close watch on the interests and progress of this Council and, as my senior colleague Mr. BERNACCHI has said, I will certainly do whatever is within my power to bring up the interests of the Council. May I now take this opportunity to wish Council every success, and wish you all the best. (Applause).

MR. Lo:--Mr. Chairman, first of all let me thank you and Mr. BERNACCHI for your very kind and generous remarks which no doubt I do not deserve. On my way to this Council this afternoon, I drove past Pok Fu Lam. As I approached the bottom of Pok Fu Lam village I suddenly came to a newly completed four-lane drive. My car and I burst out in high spirits and speeded up the hill in no time. I remember not so long ago how narrow and crooked this section of the road used to be, and how I dreaded passing there each time. In fact

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I used to write to the the newspapers, complaining very bitterly about it as far back as ten years ago, and was very disappointed that nothing was being done year after year. Then suddenly one day the P.W.D. men started to move, and the result was a new super highway, far beyond my imagination. I only wondered then why didn't they just widen it by a few feet so that my car need not touch the pails of milk carried by the farm hands (Laughter) or having to stop dead in order to let them pass.

Now what the public got was this super highway, where you can speed by without even looking. I feel this is typical of many things in this Colony. Things are progressing without even our knowing, the speed may be a little slow and imperceptible, and we may get impatient at times. But it is moving. So is this Council, we may not notice it, but it is moving forward. Even within the short period I have served here I have noticed many changes, so I hope those of you who have worked so hard and long will not be dishearten- ed. Some day you may find your accomplishments just as astonishing as the stretch of Pokfulam Road. (Laughter). During my four year term of office in this Council I have learned much, although contributed very little. The experience that I have gained is something I would not exchange for any other in this world. I want therefore to thank my colleagues on both sides of the table for their indulgence and co- operation in making my term a happy one. To you, Sir, as Chairman, I would like to pay my highest respects and offer my deepest apprecia- tion. You have done more in promoting harmony and unity by loosen- ing the reins than by tightening them. In so doing you have released the energy and vigour which are the very ingredients of progress within your Department, as well as this Council. I hope they will crown you as the first Lord Mayor. (Laughter).

Although I am leaving this Council my heart will always be with you all. I shall continue to follow the activities with the greatest interest. I might even be tempted to come back here again some day. (Applause).

MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasant assignment to offer you the best wishes of your colleagues in this Council for your holiday, and also to join Olga in our best wishes for a very pleasant stay in the United Kingdom. This time I'm assured you are not likely to tramp through the Chianti Valley. (Laughter).

The last time you did so there was a world-wide shortage of chianti for months. (Laughter).

This time I understand you will be devoting your energy to the promotion of your legal interests, so that upon your return to Hong Kong the legal opinions that are offered to this Council will be greatly improved. (Laughter).

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