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Insider Dealing Tribunal appointment

The Financial Secretary has appointed Mr James Wardell and Mr Peter Wong Shiu-hoi as lay members to the Insider Dealing Tribunal set up to inquire into possible insider dealing in the listed securities of the Hong Kong Worsted Mills Ltd. during the period from May 6 to June 16 1993 (inclusive).

The appointments were made in accordance with section 15(2) and section 15(5) of the Securities (Insider Dealing) Ordinance, and with paragraph 3 of the Schedule thereto.

Mr Wardell is a partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Mr Wong is the Managing Director of Tai Fook Group Ltd. They will be sitting in the Tribunal under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Burrell. Preliminary hearing of the case will be held on Thursday, March 20, 1997 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 702, Peregrine Tower, Lippo Centre, Queensway.

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80 convicted pollution cases recorded in February

A total of 80 convictions were recorded in the courts in February for breaching anti-pollution legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.

Among them, 23 were convictions made under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (WPCO), 33 under the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO), 10 under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (APCO), and 14 under the Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO).

The fines ranged from $2,000 to $180,000, among which five cases were fined for more than $100,000 under the NCO.

Chun Wo Building Construction Limited was fined $180,000 for permitting to carry out prescribed construction work within a designated area during restricted hours without a valid permit. The company was fined another $170,000 for permitting the use of powered mechanical equipment for carrying out construction work without a permit.

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