SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1980
TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD REPLACED
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TWO SPECIALIST ADVISORY BOARDS, REPLACING THE FORMER TRADE AND INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS.
THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD (TAB), TIME TOMORROW (OCTOBER 13), AND THE (IAB) FIRST MET ON SEPTEMBER 29.
WILL MEET FOR THE FIRST INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
THE RANGE AND DIVERSE NATURE OF THE ISSUES ON WHICH ADVICE HAS BEEN SOUGHT FROM THE TIAB IN RECENT YEARS, TOGETHER WITH THE SIZE AND VARIETY OF INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE REPRESENTED IN ITS MEMBERSHIP, UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR A RESTRUCTURING OF THE TIAB.
THE TAB, WHICH IS TO MEET MONTHLY, WILL ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS ON MATTERS AFFECTING HONG KONG'S TRADE, OTHER THAN IN TEXTILES AND GARMENTS. MATTERS CONCERNING TRADE IN TEXTILES AND GARMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE TAB HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. THE MEMBERS ARE THE HON WONG PO-YAN, THE HON D.K. NEWBIGGING, THE HON ALLEN LEE, MR L. DUNNING, MR D.R.Y. BLUCK, MR JOHN L. BOYER, MR .R.A. MACCALLUM, MR WILLIAM K.P. CHAN, DR VICTOR FUNG, MR DANIEL KOO, MR K.B. RATHI, MR A.W. WERNAS, MR T.F. YING AND MR EDMUND K.S. YOUNG.
THE IAB, WHICH EXPECTS TO MEET EVERY TWO MONTHS OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS MAY BE NECESSARY, HELD ITS FIRST MEETING RECENTLY. THE BOARD ADVISES THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS ON INDUSTRIAL MATTERS, OTHER THAN LABOUR AND THOSE FALLING WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD AND THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB).
THE IDB IS BEING ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
MEMBERSHIP OF THE IAB COMPRISES BOTH EX-OFFICIO AND AD PERSONAM APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A ONE-YEAR PERIOD. THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS COMPRISE EITHER THE CHAIRMAN OR PRESIDENT, OR A SENIOR NON-EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION, AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS THE HON LI FOOK-WO, THE HON ALEX WU SHU-CHIH, THE HON WONG PO-YAN, MR J.L. MARDEN, MR C.K. CHOW, MR DENNIS TING HOK-SHOU,
MR MICHAEL K. BROWN, MR DAVID C. DASILVA, MR NGAI SHIU-KIT, MR S.J. OSMOND, MR HARRY PONG, MR HENRY C. RICHARDS AND MR H.C. TANG.
THE IAB