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The spokesman said both Mr Lui and Mr Lam are accountants by profession. Mr Lui had extensive experience in finance, investment consulting and organisation reviews, Mr Lam was the managing director of an accounting firm.
He said the Second Division of the Tribunal would hold a preliminary hearing on the Parkview case on September 17. Chairman of the Second Division of the Tribunal, Mr Justice Burrell, will preside over the inquiry.
At the preliminary hearing, the Tribunal will announce its terms of reference and procedures for the inquiry, state its duties and powers, receive applications for representation and set a date for the main hearing.
The preliminary hearing will start at 4.30 pm at Court No 16, eighth floor, Supreme Court Building.
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236 VMs depart on orderly repatriation flights
Two groups totalling 236 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned by air to Hanoi, Vietnam, today (Thursday) on the 59th and 60th flights under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).
All of the returnees, comprising 106 men, 61 women, 31 boys and 38 girls, are from North Vietnam.
The majority of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with the remaining in 1988 and 1996.
The two groups brought the total number repatriated on ORP flights to 5,723 since November 1991.
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