TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1985
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INVESTIGATION INTO PERAK PIONEER LIMITED
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE HAS APPOINTED INSPECTORS UNDER THE TERMS OF SECTION 143(1) (C) OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF PERAK PIONEER LIMITED AND REPORT TO HIM THEREON.
THE INSPECTORS APPOINTED ARE MR WILLIAM WAUNG, BARRISTER-AT- LAW AND MR PAUL FREDERICK MARTEN SHEWEEL, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT, OF MESSRS COOPERS AND LYBRAND, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.
SECRETARY NAMED FOR REGIONAL COUNCIL
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A YOUNG LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IS TO TAKE OVER THE POST OF SECRETARY TO THE NEWLY FORMED PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.
MRS PAMELA TAN, A BRITISH UNIVERSITY GRADUATE, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR PETER PELHAM ON APRIL 15.
SHE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN 1977 AS AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEALING WITH LABOUR AND REHABILITATION MATTERS IN THE FORMER SOCIAL SERVICE BRANCH WHERE SHE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS. SHE WAS NEXT POSTED TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BEFORE RETURNING TWO YEARS LATER TO THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AS FINANCE OFFICER IN THE FINANCE BRANCH.
MRS TAN, 29, SEES HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS SETTING UP THE SECRETARIAT TO SERVICE THE PRC WHICH WILL ADVISE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN APRIL 1986 AS AN INDEPENDENT BODY WITH STATUTORY FUNCTIONS AND FINANCIAL AUTONOMY.
+MY IMMEDIATE TASK IS TO GET THE PRC UNDERWAY AND IN PARTICULAR TO ASSIST IN DEVISING ITS INTERNAL ORGANISATION AND OPERATION. I HAVE TO SEE TO IT THAT THE PRC HAS THE MEANS TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS PROPERLY AS LAID DOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL ORDINANCE, MRS TAN SAID.
DEPARTING SECRETARY MR PELHAM SAID DURING HIS SIX-MONTH TERM WITH THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL. HE HAD HELPED IN FORMULATING STANDING ORDERS OF THE PRC. ITS COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, THE PLANNING AND PROVISIONING OF THE PRC'S CONFERENCE FACILITY, INTERPRETATION SERVICE AND OTHER LOGISTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES.
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