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TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1977

DEALERS REGISTERED UNDER COMMODITIES TRADING ORDINANCE

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PART IV OF THE COMMODITIES TRADING ORDINANCE 1976 WHICH

CONTAINS PROVISIONS RELATING TO MATTERS ON REGISTRATION OF COMMODITY DEALERS, COMMODITY TRADING ADVISERS AND REPRESENTATIVES CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1977.

UNDER THIS PART, THE COMMISSIONER FOR COMMODITIES TRADING HAS SO FAR REGISTERED 16 CORPORATE DEALERS, 28 INDIVIDUAL DEALERS, 138 DEALER'S REPRESENTATIVES, ONE CORPORATE COMMODITY TRADING ADVISER AND TWO INDIVIDUAL COMMODITY TRADING ADVISERS.

INVESTORS IN COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS ARE ADVISED ONLY TO TRADE THROUGH REGISTERED DEALERS AND TRADING ADVISERS.

PARTICULARS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER PART IV OF THE ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN ENTERED IN PUBLIC REGISTERS. THESE REGISTERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR COMMODITIES TRADING AT ROOM 2404 CONNAUGHT CENTRE, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG ANY TIME BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 12.30 P.M. OR 2.30 P.M. AND 4.30 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS AND BETWEEN 9.30 A.M. AND 12.30 P.M. ON SATURDAYS EXCEPT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

GOVERNOR ATTENDS C.A.S. 25TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING ATTENDED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AT THE HONG KONG CLUB.

AMONG THE MANY PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE RECEPTION WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF THE AIR RAID PRECAUTION CORPS (ARP) WHICH WAS DISBANDED FOLLOWING THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 1945.

IN HIS SHORT ADDRESS, THE CAS COMMISSIONER, MR. P.C. WOO, SAID THAT SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE CAS IN 1952, THE ORGANISATION HAD SEEN MANY CHANGES BOTH IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND IN THE TASKS IT PERFORMED.

HE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SERVICES WHICH HE ADDED HAD TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE TIMES AND PLAN AHEAD FOR ANY EVENTUALITY AND TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY TASK WHEREVER ITS SERVICES MIGHT BE NEEDED.

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