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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990

(E) TO ACT AS A FOCAL LIAISON POINT WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, AND TO PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO ACQUIRE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE;

(F) TO ENHANCE THE CIVIC AWARENESS OF YOUNG PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS; AND

PEOPLE AND THEIR

(G) TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

THE

COMMISSION WILL BE SERVICED BY THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

NEW MEMBER APPOINTED TO EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT BY THE GOVERNOR OF PROFESSOR CHARLES A.E. GOODHART TO THE EXHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

PROF GOODHART IS PROFESSOR OF BANKING AND FINANCE AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

PROF GOODHART WAS FORMERLY CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISERTOTHE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. IN 1983, HE AND AN OFFICIAL FROM THE UK TREASURY WERE INVITED TO HONG KONG TO ADVISE THE FORMER FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE, ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LINKED EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM.

WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF PROF GOODHART, THE EXCHANGE FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL COMPRISE:

CHAIRMAN, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY; AND MEMBERS, THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM PURVES, CBE, DSO, JP, MR RONALD CARSTAIRS, THE HONOURABLE PETER POON WING-CHEUNG, ОВЕ, JP. THE HONOURABLE DAVID LI KWOK-PO, JP, AND PROFESSOR CHARLES

A.E.

GOODHART,

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