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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
DUTIES OF REGISTRAR
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THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT UNDER THE
COMPANIES (WINDING UP) RULES MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY AN ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, IN ADDITION TO A DEPUTY REGISTRAR.
THIS IS PR. IDED IN THE COMPANIES (WINDING UP) (AMENDMENT) RULES 1981 UNDER SECTION 296 OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE MADE BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE ON NOVEMBER 5, AND APPROVED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY. THESE RULES SEEK TO DELETE RULE 4(2), THE SECRETARY ADDED.
MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON SAID DIFFICULTIES HAD ARISEN RECENTLY OVER THE INTERPRETATION OF RULE 4(2) OF THE COMPANIES (WINDING UP) RULES IN RELATION TO THE GIVING OF LEAVE TO WITHDRAW A PETITION TO WIND UP A COMPANY.
IT WAS A STRAIGHTFORWARD COPY OF AN EQUIVALENT UNITED KINGDOM PROVISION AND MADE REFERENCE TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF A MASTER, REGISTRAR, OR TAXING MASTER, AND HAD NO APPLICATION TO HONG KONG, HE SAID.
HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION
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THE PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS FOR SITES APPROVED BY THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION HAS BEEN RISING STEADILY FROM 11 PER CENT IN EARLY 1977 TO MORE THAN 50 PER CENT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE HON WONG PO-YAN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS MUST BE SEEN AS INDICATING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BY APPLICANTS OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE TABLING OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31 THIS YEAR, MR WONG SAID: +HOWEVER WITH THE PRESENT AVAILABILITY OF LAND AT YUEN LONG IN ADDITION TO TAI PO, THE CORPORATION HOPES MORE APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INCREASED PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITES, NOW BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS.
+THE CORPORATION HAS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER TRADE ORGANISATIONS, PARTICIPATED IN A VALUABLE SERIES OF SEMINARS IN HONG KONG, DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE ESTATES, AND ALSO TO ATTRACT OVERSEAS INVESTMENT.+
THE YEAR
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