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SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1985
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER HE HAD MADE ANY
REPRESENTATION ABOUT UMELCO BEING ABLE TO SIT ON THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HE SAID: +NO, I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK IT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR BY BRITISH MINISTERS ON
A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT THE GROUP IS BASICALLY OF COURSE AN OFFICIAL GROUP.+
SIR EDWARD WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND DR HARRY FANG, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
NEW OTB DIRECTORS MEET
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THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK ARE HOLDING THEIR FIRST MEETING THIS MORNING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE RESUMPTION OF THE BANK'S BUSINESS.
THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT THE OFFICES OF THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH AND IS BEING RESUMED AT THE BANK'S WAN CHAI HEADQUARTERS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR BANKING HAS APPROVED THE REOPENING OF THE BANK. ALL ITS BRANCHES AND SUBSIDIARY OFFICES WILL OPEN FOR NORMAL BUSINESS ON MONDAY.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS. THE OTHER DIRECTORS ARE MR D.F.L. TURNER (MANAGING DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY CHAIRMAN) WHO WAS BUT NO LONGER THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HANG LUNG BANK AFTER IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT; THE HON PETER POON WING-CHEUNG, THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, MR W. TURNBULL, AND MR J.F. MATHEWS, CROWN SOLICITOR.
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