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1. BRIEF NOTES ON THE FIVE PERSONALITIES INVITED TO THE DINNER

AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MR DENNIS H.S. TING (REPLACING MR H.C. TANG): CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN, FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES. MANAGING DIRECTOR, KADER INDUSTRIAL CO LTD (A TOY FACTORY). RECEIVED UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN U.S.A. ATTENDED HARVARD

BUSINESS SCHOOL. PREVIOUSLY CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG PLASTIC MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION: CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG SHIPPERS'

COUNCIL: MEMBER, SECURITIES COMMISSION: AND COMMITTEE MEMBER,

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD. A LEADING INDUSTRIALIST. MET THE

PRIME MINISTER ON HER LAST VISIT.

MR JACK C.C. TANG:

CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAIRMAN, SOUTH SEA TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CO LTD. DIRECTOR OF

BANK OF CANTON. AGED 57. EDUCATED AT MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE

OF TECHNOLOGY AND HARVARD. VERY INFLUENTIAL INTEXTILES CIRCLE.

MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.

MR WOO HON FAI:

CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN, HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE. MANAGING DIRECTOR

OF LEE HING INVESTMENT CO LTD. DIRECTOR OF SEVERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT

COMPANIES. PRESIDENT, GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY. CHAIRMAN,

KAM NGAN STOCK EXCHANGE. AGED 62. MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING

HER LAST VISIT.

MR NGÀI SHU-KIT:

CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION.

CHAIRMAN OF EURASIA ENGINEERING CORPORATION AND A NUMBER OF

DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES. AGED 60. MEMBER OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING

COUNCIL AND HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. MET THE PRIME

MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.

MR ROBIN HUTCHEON:

EDITOR, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. BORN IN SHANGHAI. AN

AUSTRALIAN. PREVIOUSLY WITH SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. CAME TO

HONG KONG IN 1953 TO JOIN CHINA MAIL. (EDITOR 1957-62).

JOINED SCMP IN 1962 AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR. APPOINTED EDITOR IN

1967. MET THE PRIME MINISTER DURING HER LAST VISIT.

2. WE CHALL TELEGRAPH CV'S OF THOSE WHO MIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY BE

ADDED TO THE DINNER.

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