TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1984
GOVERNOR, EXCO MEMBERS LEAVE FOR LONDON
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND 10 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LEFT FOR LONDON THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
THE UNOFFICIALS ACCOMPANYING THE GOVERNOR ON THE TRIP ARE SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MR ROGER LOBO, MR LI FOOK- WO, MR MICHAEL SANDBERG, MR LO TAK-SHING, MISS LYDIA DUNN, MR LEE QUO-WEI, MR CHEN SHOU-LUM AND MISS MARIA TAM.
THEY WERE SEEN ONN AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE.
THREE NEW MEMBERS FOR TEXTAB
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, HAS APPOINTED THREE NEW MEMBERS TO THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1.
{GARMENTS
THEY ARE DR JAMES S.W. WONG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHINA DYEING
GARMENTS) WORKS LTD, MR JOHN W. CHOW, DIRECTOR OF WINNER COMPANY LTD, AND MR WILLIAM K.L. FÚNG, DIRECTOR OF LI AND FUNG (TRADING) LTD.
THE OTHER APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE: MR S.K. CHAN, MISS BEATRICE P.T. CHEN, MR SAM T.S. CHEN, MR STEPHEN CHEONG, MR KENNETH FANG, MR NELSON SOUZA, MR P.L.K. TAM, MISS ELEANOR WONG AND MR LINCOLN YUNG.
APPOINTED AS A NEW EX-OFFICIO MEMBER IS THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR D.A. JORDAN.
THE OTHER OFFICIALS ARE THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY. MR E.P. HO, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR N.W.H. MACLEOD AND THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR J.F. YAXLEY.
UNDER THE TERMS OF REFERENCE THE BOARD ADVISES THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY ON ANY MATTER, OTHER THAN LABOUR MATTERS, WHICH AFFECTS THE TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRIES.
SINCE THE BOARD WAS FORMED ON APRIL 1, 1979, IT HAS HELD MEETINGS ONCE EVERY FORTNIGHT OR MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN REQUIRED.
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