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TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1978

MR. ANDREW SO:

MR. SO WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1939 AND EDUCATED AT WAH YAN COLLEGE AND AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.

AFTER FOUR YEARS AS A TEACHER HE LEFT TO ASSIST IN ORGANISING CREDIT UNIONS IN HONG KONG, AND SINCE 1964 HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG.

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OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, HE HAS SPECIALISED IN MAKING AVAILABLE LONG TERM LOANS TO THE LOWER INCOME GROUPS, AND HAS PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE TRAINING AND ORGANISATION OF THE CREDIT UNION PROGRAMME.

MR. SO'S EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD HAS EARNED HIM INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND HE HAS TAKEN PART IN MANY OVERSEAS CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS, INVOLVING EXTENSIVE TRAVEL OVERSEAS.

HE IS THE ASIAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CUNA MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP AND SINCE 1969 HAS BEEN A DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS.

MR. SO IS THE SECRETARY OF THE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE OF HONG KONG AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE CATHOLIC MISSION OF HONG KONG. SINCE 1975. HE HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, ORGANISED BY CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN HONG KONG.

A FREQUENT SPEAKER TO LABOUR GROUPS, AT TEACHERS' SEMINARS AND ON MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, HE HAS ALSO ASSISTED IN THE WORK OF THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE.

MR. SO IS MARRIED WITH A SON AND A DAUGHTER.

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