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Official Receiver returns from visit to Guangdong
An official delegation from the Official Receiver's Office, led by the Official Receiver, Mr Robin Hearder, returned to Hong Kong today (Wednesday) after a six- day visit to Guangdong Province.
The visit was a general familiarisation visit by Mr Hearder: the Assistant Official Receiver (Case Management), Mr Wong King-on; and five other senior officers from the Legal Services, Case Management and Financial Services Divisions of the department.
During their stay in China, the delegation visited Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen and had useful meetings with senior administrative and judicial officials involved in the liquidation of state-owned enterprises and joint-ventures who briefed them about the Chinese Laws and Regulations on Enterprise Bankruptcy and Civil Laws in Guangdong Province.
The senior officials represented the Administrative Office of State-owned Property, the Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangdong Province; the Administrative Officer of State-owned Property, the Bureau of Industry and Commerce and the Foreign Affairs Office of Dongguan Municipality; and the Shenzhen Investment Administrative Co and Foreign Affairs Office of Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. The delegation also met the Vice-President and Judges of the Guangdong Higher People's Court, the Judge of the Intermediate People's Court of Dongguan, and the Vice-President and Judges of the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court.
Mr Hearder said on his return today: "The delegation acquired a good understanding of the administrative and judicial processes of the Enterprise Bankruptcy and Civil Law Codes in Guangdong Province and were cordially received by all the officials they met, and both groups expressed the wish to maintain regular contact."
End/Wednesday, November 29, 1995