Indeed, in only one respect can I claim to do so by expressing the sense of appreciation and gratitude for the honour you do us, which I know we all share. It is not easy to act as their spokesman. Their presence here this afternoon is a tribute to your University's catholicity of tastes and to the extent of its links with the Hong Kong community. I am conscious of my inadequacy for the task, and my responsibility, not least because I speak on behalf of men and women who together represent a considerable range of human interests: government and finance charity and education medicine and humanities. They are less often invited to appear as spokesmen for specific members of it, as I am today. Historians as we all know, often presume to speak for the human race.
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