Date

|

Major event

6 March 1989

13 March 1989

12 April 1989

13 April 1989

28 April 1989

Mr Felix Chow was appointed Chief Executive of the new central clearing company.

The restructured lifeboat facility in the futures market became operational.

The

HKFE

operation.

Clearing

Corporation started

Resumption of second reading debate and third reading of the SFC Bill. About 270 amendments were Bill in the Committee Stage.

introduced to the

of review of securities

Enactment of the SFC ordinance. Second phase legislation began.

Governor appointed ten SFC directors, i.e five non-executive directors and five executive directors, the latter including the Chairman.

From onwards

May

1989

Work started to Mergers Code.

the revise

Takeovers

and

1 May 1989

5 May 1989

8 May 1989

Commencement of most SFC Ordinance.

of the provisions in the

Establishment of the SFC and disestablishment of the Office of the Commissioner for Securities and Commodities Trading.

Incorporation of the HK Securities Clearing Company, limited by guarantee and owned 50% by the SEHK and 50% by five major banks, with Mr Ronald Carstairs as the Chairman of the Board.

Governor appointed the Securities and Futures with Mr C. H. Wong as the

Appeals

Panel

Chairman.

9 May 1989

HKFE held its third EGM.

The full reconstitutional reforms along SRC

recommendations

shareholders.

were

adopted

by voting

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