SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1986
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OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CIVIC AWARENESS
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YOUNG PEOPLE IN KWUN TONG HAD A MEMORABLE TIME AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW GREATER CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY TAKING PART IN THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHAN, SAID TONIGHT (SATURDAY).
+ THE MORE THAN 600 ACTIVITIES ALSO HELPED THEM TO DEVELOP THE IR POTENTIAL AND ENHANCE THEIR CIVIC SENSE, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MR CHAN COMMENDED THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT SYP CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE AND MORE THAN 120 LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR SUCCESSFULLY PUTTING ACROSS TO YOUNG PEOPLE THE SYP THEME - +CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW IT BETTER+.
MR CHAN HOPED THAT THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHICH HAD PRESENTED OUTSTANDING SUMMER PROGRAMMES.
FOLLOWING THE CLOSING CEREMONY, THERE WAS A YOUTH DISCO NITE IN WHICH MORE THAN 1 000 PEOPLE TOOK PART.
PETITION MADE FOR WINDING UP COMPANY
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IN VIEW OF THE FINDINGS FROM AN EXAMINATION OF FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES FOR ASIA LIMITED AND THAT THE COMPANY ITSELF HAD REPORTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES UNDER SECTION 19A OF THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE THAT IT WOULD LIKELY BE UNABLE TO MEET ITS OBLIGATION, THE REGISTRATION OF THE COMPANY AS A DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY WAS SUSPENDED ON AUGUST 6, 1986.
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY APPOINTED MR LAM WING-CHIU TO INSPECT THE COMPANY UNDER SECTION 38(2) OF THE ORDINANCE.
ON RECEIPT OF HIS REPORT AND AS A MEASURE TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE DEPOSITORS AND CREDITORS OF THE COMPANY, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY HAS PETITIONED TO THE HIGH COURT FOR THE WINDING UP OF FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT SERVICES FOR ASIA
LIMITED.
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