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GOODLAD TO VISIT CHINA AND HK
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1994
THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN LONDON MADE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY (THURSDAY):
THE RT HON ALASTAIR GOODLAD, MP, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WILL VISIT CHINA FROM JULY 14 TO 20 AT THE INVITATION OF THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
MR
GOODLAD WILL VISIT PEKING, SHANGHAI AND CANTON AND SPEND A DAY IN HONG KONG BEFORE RETURNING TO LONDON. IN PEKING, HE WILL HAVE TALKS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IN HONG KONG HE WILL MEET THE GOVERNOR.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
MR GOODLAD WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG BY TRAIN FROM CANTON AT AM ON JULY 20 (WEDNESDAY). MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ARE INVITED TO COVER.
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APPOINTMENT OF SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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WING-PONG,
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES, MR TAM ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, UNDER THE DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM THE GOVERNOR, HAD APPOINTED MR RONNIE C CHAN, AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FROM AUGUST 1, 1994 TO JULY 31, 1996.
HE WILL REPLACE MR HC LEE WHO HAS SERVED ON THE COMMISSION SINCE 1990.
UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMNMISSION ORDINANCE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT NOT LESS THAN EIGTH DIRECTORS OF THE COMMISSION, HALF OF WHOM SHALL BE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. AT PRESENT, THE COMMISSION IS SERVED BY FIVE NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
"I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR LEE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMISSION OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
"I AM SURE MR CHAN AND THE OTHER NON-EXECUTIVE CONTINUE TO BRING AN INDEPENDENT VIEW TO ORGANISATION OF THE COMMISSION, MR TAM SAID.
THE
DIRECTORS WILL MANAGEMENT AND
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