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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1987
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REGISTRATION REVOKED
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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING ANNOUNCED THAT THE REGISTRATION OF SEARCH ASIA FINANCE LTD. AS A DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY HAS BEEN REVOKED TODAY AT ITS OWN REQUEST UNDER SECTION 31 (2) OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE 1986.
PUBLIC URGED TO DONATE TO SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND
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IN RESPONSE TO THE +10-DOLLAR+ DRIVE LAUNCHED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE FUND, WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DONATED MONEY TO THE FUND AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO CONTRIBUTE.
WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM, SAID SIR EDWARD HAD BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WELFARE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AND DURING A VISIT TO WAN CHAI HAD EXPRESSED GREAT INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
SHE SAID SIR EDWARD CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO HONG KONG DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE AND WAS MISSED BY MANY PEOPLE.
AS THE FUND WOULD BE USED FOR THE FURTHERING OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, MANY PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT, SHE SAID.
DONATIONS COULD BE MADE AT ANY BRANCH OF THE HONG KONG BANK AND HANG SENG BANK, ANY DISTRICT OFF ICE AND THE TREASURY CENTRAL COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OFFICE AND ALL SUB-TREASURY OFFICES.
IN ADDITION, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD HAD PROPOSED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO NAME THE NEW ROAD ADJACENT TO THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE THE SIR EDWARD YOUDE ROAD.
O'BRIEN ROAD FOOTBRIDGE OPENED
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A COVERED FOOTBRIDGE OVER O'BRIEN ROAD IN WAN CHAI WAS OPENED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE $14 MILLION FOOTBRIDGE, PROVIDING A MAIN PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN WAN CHAI RECLAMATION AND ENTRANCES TO WAN CHAI MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION, WAS OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD, MRS PEGGY LAM.
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