FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1934
LABOUR MP'S DUE ****
TWO LABOUR MP'S WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 26) TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT HONG KONG.
THEY ARE MR ERIC DEAKINS AND MR KEN EASTHAM, WHILE IN HONG KONG, THEY WILL MEET A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING LOCAL BUSINESSMEN, SOCIAL WORKERS, MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, CHAIRMEN OF MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, TSUEN WAN DB MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.
MR DEAKINS AND MR EASTHAM WILL ATTEND RECEPTIONS TO BE HOSTED BY URBAN COUNCIL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
THEY WILL ATTEND BRIEFINGS BY UMELCO, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
ARRANGEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE FOR THE TWO MP'S TO VISIT TSUEN WAN DISTRICT, A SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE, A FACTORY, A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMP AND HOUSING ESTATES,
THEY WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON SEPTEMBER 4 BEFORE LEAVING THAT DAY.
45 INSURANCE COMPANIES WITHDRAWN
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A TOTAL OF 45 INSURANCE COMPANIES IN HONG KONG HAD THE IR AUTHOR ISATION WITHDRAWN BETWEEN JUNE 30 LAST YEAR, WHEN THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ORDINANCE CAME INTO FORCE, AND JUNE 30 THIS YEAR.
FOUR OF THESE COMPANIES WERE WOUND UP BY THE HIGH COURT UPON THE PETITION OF THE INSURANCE AUTHORITY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE REST WERE EITHER DORMANT OR UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION AND HAD THUS LET THEIR AUTHORISATION LAPSE, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THEIR BUSINESS WOULD BE RUN OFF AND THE COMPANIES WOUND DOWN IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
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