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YOUR TELNO 83 : INDIAN LOBBY.
KEWALRAM MOTWANI SITAL IS THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF
HONG KONG INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS. THE COUNCIL COMPRISES SEVEN MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS NAMELY THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDIA ASSOCIATION, HINDU ASSOCIATION, INDIA CLUB, HK INDIAN WOMEN'S CLUB,
KHALSA DIWAN AND NAV BHARAT CLUB. MR. SITAL WAS BORN IN PAKISTAN
IN 1932 AND HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG SINCE 1952. HE IS MARRIED WITH
THREE CHILDREN. HE IS NOW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF STYLE ASIA LTD
(BUT WE HAVE NOT (NOT) HAD TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMPANY DOES).
HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR FIVE YEARS
AND HAS BEEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG INDIAN
ASSOCIATIONS SINCE 1977. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TRADE ADVISORY
BOARD FROM 1982-85 AND WAS MADE AN UNOFFICIAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
IN 1979.
2. LACHMAN NARAIN IS A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG INDIAN
ASSOC HATIONS. HE WAS BORN IF HONG KONG IN 1932, EDUCATED LOCALLY
AND HAS RESIDED HERE SINCE THEN. HE IS MARRIED WITH FOUR CHILDREN.
HE IS NOW CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE LACNAR INVESTMENTS
LIMITED (AGAIN WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE COMPANY DOES). HE WAS A
COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN 1970-71.
3. BOTH OF THEM ARE HONG KONG BDTC PASSPORT HOLDERS.
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