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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1990

ORDINANCE,

THE GOVERNOR OF THE SFC UNDER SECTION 5 APPOINT NOT LESS THEN EIGHT DIRECTORS TO THE SFC, HALF OF WHOM BE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.

AT PRESENT THE COMMISSION IS SERVED BY 10 DIRECTORS.

SHALL SHOULD

INDEPENDENT BRING

THEY ARE FULLY

VIEWS TO THE

INVOLVED

IN

THE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF THE SFC. ITS POLICY DEVELOPMENT.

SERVICE AS A ITS INCEPTION. IN ESTABLISHING THE

"I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO MR WONG FOR HIS VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION SINCE HIS WISE GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL

MR NENDICK SAID. COMMISSION ON A SOUND BASIS,

MR CHEN IS

THE

17

CHAIRMAN

OF

THE

CONSUMER

COUNCIL

AND

THE

DIRECTOR OF ASIAN STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

SURVEYOR APPOINTED TO CONDUCT ACCIDENT INQUIRY

* * *

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPOINTED A NAUTICAL SURVEYOR TO CARRY OUT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY INTO THE HONG KONG-REGISTERED CATAMARAN "VASCO DA GAMA" WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN MACAU ON MONDAY.

THE SURVEYOR IS CAPTAIN KENNETH YEOMANS.

CAPTAIN YEOMANS WENT TO MACAU TODAY TO INSPECT THE SCENE OF

THE ACCIDENT AND CONSULT THE MACAU MARINE AUTHORITY.

THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUIRY IS TO FIND OUT THE CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE ACTIONS SO AS то AVOID SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN FUTURE.

THE FINDINGS OF THE INQUIRY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE.

ABOUT 3.18 PM ON MONDAY, THE CATAMARAN COLLIDED WITH A SMALL WOODEN BOAT IN THE MACAU OUTER HARBOUR TEMPORARY CHANNEL. THREE MEN ON THE SMALL BOAT WERE INJURED AND A FOURTH MAN WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR.

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