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"More green projects will mobilise more people to show concern for the environment and help with the important task of environmental education. In this way green concern will be translated into green practice.
"We will all benefit from a greener and cleaner Hong Kong," she added.
End/Thursday, March 16, 1995
Appointment of Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission
The Financial Secretary has approved the appointment of Mr David White as an Executive Director in charge of the Supervision of Markets Division of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Secretary for Financial Services, Mr Michael Cartland, said today (Thursday).
Mr White, 48, is an accountant by profession and has had 18 years' of experience in the banking and securities industries.
Prior to his current appointment as Director, Derivatives and Market Development, with the Australian Stock Exchange, he was Director of County Natwest Investment Management in Sydney and London (1986-92), Director of Dominguez Barry Samuel Montagu (now SBC Australia Ltd) (1983-86), and General Manager of Citicorp Australia (1977-83).
Earlier, the Financial Secretary appointed a Selection Panel chaired by the SFC Chairman, Mr Anthony Neoh, to identify a suitable successor to Mr Robert Gilmore, whose contract expires on April 30, 1995.
Other members of the Panel included Mr Roderick Chalmers, a Non-Executive Director of the SFC, Mr Antony Leung of the Citibank group and the Deputy Secretary for Financial Services.
"To secure the best possible candidate for such an important appointment, the Panel appointed an executive recruitment consultant to conduct a global search of potential candidates. In addition, advertisements were placed locally," Mr Cartland said.
The panel unanimously decided that Mr White should be appointed to fill the vacancy. The recommendation was accepted and the appointment approved by the Financial Secretary.