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NOTE TO EDITORS:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1978

MPS TO GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE

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THE TWO LABOUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, MR. BRYAN DAVIES AND MR. JOHN CARTWRIGHT, NOW IN HONG KONG FOR A TEN-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT, WILL GIVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 4.30 P.M. ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 10)

IN THE G.I.S. THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

TELEVISION CREWS ARE ADVISED TO ARRIVE EARLIER SO THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE TIME TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

BUSINESS FIRMS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION

TO REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES *****

MANAGEMENTS OF BUSINESS FIRMS INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG ARE REMINDED OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO SUBMIT UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR COMPANIES TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT SAID UNDER THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE, MANAGEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL RETURN IN THE PRESCRIBED FORM AND FORWARD IT TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THEIR FIRST OR ONLY GENERAL MEETING EACH YEAR.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID: IF FOR ANY REASON, A COMPANY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO HOLD A GENERAL MEETING IN 1977, AN ANNUAL RETURN MADE UP TO DECEMBER 31, 1977 SHOULD BE FILED NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 28 THIS YEAR.*

IN ADDITION, MANAGEMENTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES OF ANY CHANGE IN THE REGISTERED PARTICULARS OF DIRECTORS WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THE CHANGE AND IN THE SITUATION OF THE REGISTERED OFFICE WITHIN 28 DAYS.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REMINDED MANAGEMENTS OF FOREIGN COMPANIES WHICH HAD ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN HONG KONG THAT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH PART XI OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE.

+ IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A BALANCE SHEET OF THE IR COMPANY IN THE PRESCRIBED FORM TO THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES EVERY CALENDAR YEAR AND TO REPORT TO HIM WITHIN 21 DAYS OF ANY CHANGE IN THE COMPANY'S CONSTITUTION- THE DIRECTORS OR THEIR PARTICULARS- AND THE NAMES OR ADDRESSES OF PERSONS AUTHORISED TO ACCEPT SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, HE ADDED.

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