Annex D $D

The Financial Secretary's Statement

on the Report of the Securities Review Committee (To be issued on 2 June 1988)

The Report of the Securities Review

Committee has been published today. The Government

welcomes this report.

2.

The Committee has identified various

ways in which the management and operation

of our securities industry can be improved

and I believe the report will serve as a valuable

and essential blueprint for future developments.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

the Committee and its Chairman, Mr Ian Hay

Davison, for their hard work and constructive

recommendations.

3.

I would also like to reiterate the

Government's firm commitment to maintaining

Hong Kong's status as an international financial

centre. We will proceed expeditiously with

an in-depth examination of the Committee's

recommendations and, after considering views

expressed on the report and consultation with

interested parties, will seek the approval

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