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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1981
AFTER THE VOTE OF THANKS, SIR MURRAY PROCEEDED TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE EXHIBITION HALL TO PERFORM THE RIBBON-CUTTING.
EARLIER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.N. HENDERSON, SAID THERE WERE 22 EXHIBITORS IN THE 10-DAY EXHIBITION IN THE CITY HALL AND 13 PARTICIPANTS IN THE LIVE CAREERS SHOWS IN EDINBURGH PLACE. THEY HAD CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY TO MOUNTING OF THE EXHIBITION AND HAD DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE TIM AND RESOURCES TO MAKING THEIR DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IMPRESSIVE AND MEANINGFUL,
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HE THANKED ALL CONCERNED
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EXHIBITORS, CAREERS SHOW
PARTICIPANTS, WANG PACIFIC LTD, SEA-LAND ORIENT LTD,
MING PAO DAILY, URBAN COUNCIL INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND CIVIL AID SERVICES THE IR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.
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MR HENDERSON HAD A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS FOR THE PEOPLE MANNING THE VARIOUS EXHIBITION STANDS.
*THE LIVING HEART OF THESE EXHIBITIONS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THOSE WILLING TO PUT IN LONG HOURS TALKING TO YOUNGSTERS AND ANSWERING THE IR INNUMERABLE QUESTIONS THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BEING ABLE TO TALK DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE ACTUALLY ENGAGED IN THE CAREER BEING DEMONSTRATED, HE NOTED.
STOCKBROKERS TOLD OF NEED FOR RESPONSIBLE SELF-REGULATION
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR JOHN BREMRIDGE, TOLD STOCK BROKERS TONIGHT (FRIDAY) THAT THEY SHOULD EXERCISE GREATER SELF-REGULATION.
+FREEDOM MUST BE EXERCISED PRUDENTLY. OTHERWISE, IF A SELFISH POLICY IS PURSUED BY THE BROKING COMMUNITY WITHOUT REGARD TO THE INTERESTS OF THE INVESTING PUBLIC, I BELIEVE THAT THE SECURITIES COMMISSION WILL FEEL OBLIGED TO SEEK POWERS TO INTERVENE, HOWEVER RELUCTANTLY, WITH MORE CONTROLS,
HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT A DINNER MARKING THE INSTALLATION OF MR ZEE KWOH-KUNG AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG STOCK BROKERS ASSOCIATION, MR BREMR IDGE REMINDED BROKERS THAT IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY +TO PROMOTE SELF-REGULATION OF STOCK EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES TO THE LARGEST EXTENT POSSIBLE RATHER THAN RELIANCE ON CONTROLS IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.+
+A SECOND FACTOR WHICH WILL ASSIST IN THE PROCESS OF SELF-REGULATION IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE UNIFIED STOCK EXCHANGE. I WAS THUS PLEASED TO SEE THAT ON 30TH OCTOBER THE FIRST CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED WERE ELECTED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORK ING CLOSELY WITH THEM,+ MR BREMRIDGE SAID.
+THE EVENTU