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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1984

NEW BANKING COMMISSIONER NAMED

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THE FOLLOWING SENIOR DIRECTORATE APPOINTMENTS WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY:

MR ROBERT FELL TO SUCCEED MR COLIN MARTIN AS COMMISSIONER

OF BANKING ON THE LATTER'S RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC SERVICE IN OCTOBER 1984. MR FELL IS CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES TRADING.

MR RAY ASTIN TO SUCCEED MR FELL AS COMMISSIONER FOR

SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES TRADING. MR ASTIN IS CURRENTLY THE SOLICITOR GENERAL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE OFFICERS CONCERNED ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR COLIN MARTIN, JP

AGED 51. AFTER SERVING WITH THE (THEN) OVERSEAS AUDIT SERVICE FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS, HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE HONG KONG

HE CIVIL SERVICE AS A TREASURY ACCOUNTANT IN AUGUST 1961. WAS APPOINTED AS A SENIOR BANKING OFFICER IN APRIL 1966 AND PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF COMMISSIONER OF BANKING IN JULY 1978. FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

MR ROBERT FELL, CB, CBE

AGED 63. AFTER SOME 27 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE UK CIVIL SERVICE, HE WAS APPOINTED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE IN LONDON IN 1975. HE JOINED THE HK CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1981 AS COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES TRADING.

MR RAY ASTIN, JP

AGED 47. JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1968 AS A CROWN COUNSEL. PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF LAW OFFICER IN APRIL 1981.

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