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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1985

STOCK BROKER NAMED TO SECURITIES COMMISSION

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITIES COMMISSION, MR ARCHIBALD ZIMMERN QC TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD APPOINTED A PROFESSIONAL STOCK BROKER AS A MEMBER OF THE SECURITIES COMMISSION WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1.

HE IS MR LINCOLN SOO HUNG-LEUNG, 40. HIS APPOINTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE GAZETTED ON FRIDAY AND IS FOR TWO YEARS.

MR SOO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE SINCE 1970, AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF THAT EXCHANGE SINCE 1979. HIS LATE FATHER, SOO PEI-SHAO, WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, FROM 1922 TO 1982,

MR LINCOLN SOO QUALIFIED WITH THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY, AND HAS A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. WHILST IN THE UNITED STATES, HE ALSO QUALIFIED AS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL ANALYST.

BETWEEN 1979 AND 1985, HE WAS A COMMITTEE MEMBER

OF THE HONG KONG STOCKBROKERS ASSOCIATION.

HE IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN.

FRENCH LEARN OF HK'S PHENOMENAL DEVELOPMENT

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LEADING INDUSTRIAL ISTS IN FRANCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HEARD ABOUT HONG KONG'S PHENOMENAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FROM THE MAN IN CHARGE OF MOST OF IT.

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, WAS SPEAKING ON +MAJOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN HONG KONG+ TO THE FEDERATION OF FRENCH INDUSTRIES (CNPF) IN PARIS THIS MORNING.

HE SAID THAT THOUGH HONG KONG HAD BEEN THROUGH A DIFFICULT PERIOD A RETURN OF CONFIDENCE AND OPTIMISM WAS ALREADY REFLECTED IN AN UPSWING IN THE PROPERTY MARKET AND RENEWED INTEREST IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

/+THE GOVERNMENT'S