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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1987

THE CHANGE IS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OF INJECTING NEW BLOOD IN ITS ADVISORY BODIES FROM TIME TO TIME.

THE FOUR OUTGOING MEMBERS HAVE SERVED ON TEXTAB FOR TERMS RANGING FROM THREE TO 15 YEARS.

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR ERIC HO, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF TEXTAB, PAID TRIBUTE TO OUTGOING MEMBERS FOR THE VALUABLE SERVICE THEY HAD RENDERED.

MR TANG, 35, IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PENINSULA KNITTERS LIMITED WHICH SPECIALISES IN MANUFACTURING KNITWEAR FOR THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MARKETS.

HE IS CURRENTLY THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG WOOLLEN AND SYNTHETIC KNITTING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, AND THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD.

MR CHIN, 47 A DIRECTOR OF SWIRE, AND MACLAINE LIMITED, IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD (TAB).

ON MATTERS OF POLICY AFFECTING TRADE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY TAKES ADVICE FROM THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.

THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD IS CONSULTED ON ALL MATTERS (OTHER THAN LABOUR MATTERS) AFFECTING THE TEXTILES AND GARMENT INDUSTRIES.

THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE BOARD AND WHO HAVE BEEN RE-APPOINTED ARE: MR SAM T.S. CHEN, MR CHRISTOPHER CHENG, MR STEPHEN CHEONG, MR DAVID E.Y. CHU, MR WILLIAM K.L. FUNG, MR RICHARD LAI MR STEPHEN LAU, MR FRANK H. LIN, MR NELSON SOUSA, MR JAMES P.C. TIEN, MISS ELEANOR WONG, DR JAMES S.W. WONG, AND MR LINCOLN YUNG.

THE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS COMPRISE THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.

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