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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1984

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COMPANY LAW REFORM STANDING COMMITTEE SET UP

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THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COMPANY LAW REFORM, A NON-STATUTORY BODY, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY GOVERNMENT.

ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE AS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR ARE

(A)

TO ADVISE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE AS AND WHEN EXPERIENCE SHOWS THEM TO BE NECESSARY.

(B)

(c)

TO REPORT ANNUALLY THROUGH THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ON THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE.

TO ADVISE THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ON AMENDMENTS REQUIRED TO THE SECURITIES ORDINANCE AND THE PROTECTION OF INVESTORS ORDINANCE WITH THE

OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE SECURITIES COMMISSION ON ITS ROLE OF ADMINISTERING THOSE ORDINANCES.

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE CONS, A JUSTICE OF APPEAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN APPOINTED MEMBERS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITH EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1984 TO JANUARY 31, 1985, BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE -

DR ANDREW CHUANG SIU-LEUNG

MR DENYS E. CONNOLLY, JP

MR KENNETH H. FANG

MR ANDREW K.N. LI

MR PETER J. PEARSON

MR R.S. SHELDON

MR C.L. WARREN-SMITH

MR MICHAEL W. WELLS

PROFESSOR P.G. WILLOUGHBY,

JP

THE HON PETER C. WONG, OBE, JP

MR C.H. WONG, JP

MR FRANCIS CHARLES WRANGHAM

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE, THE REGISTRAR GENERAL AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.

NOTICE OF THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE ON JANUARY 27.