THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1986
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EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS MR DAVID LI KWOK-PO AND DR KIM CHAM YAU-SUM AS MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
1988.
THE APPOINTMENTS WILL RUN FROM MAY 1, 1986 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30,
A NOTICE ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON APRIL 25.
FOLLOWING ARE BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON MR LI AND DR CHAM:
MR DAVID LI KWOK-PO, JP
AGED 47. FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, MR LI IS THE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF MANAGER OF THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LIMITED AND THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FINANCIAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY. HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BANKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHINESE BANKS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED AND CHINESE BANKERS CLUB, HONG KONG.
DR KIM CHAM YAU-SUM, JP
AGED 40. AN ACCOUNTANT WITH A PH.D. (FINANCE) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH, ENGLAND, DR CHAM IS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF KWONG FAT HONG (HOLDINGS) LIMITED AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HONG KONG FUTURES EXCHANGE LIMITED.
DECEMBER NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES PUBLISHED
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR DECEMBER 1985, AT 128.6, INCREASED BY 6.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1984 AND BY 0.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE DECEMBER 1985 AND DECEMBER 1984 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 4.7 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 9.8 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.2 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.6 PER CENT.
/A COMPARISON