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(TOMMY HAHN)
ALL OVERSEAS OFFICES
21 OCTOBER 1986, TUESDAY
MEDIA ROUNDUP
TOPICS: COURT RULING ON INSIDER TRADING
ROYAL VISIT
LANDLORD TO THROW OUT GOVT DEPTS
EXCELSIOR HOTEL REPORTEDLY SOLD
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COURT RULING ON INSIDER TRADING
BOTH SCMP AND HK STANDARD GAVE PROMINENT COVERAGE TO A HIGH COURT RULING UPHOLDING THE FINDINGS OF THE INSIDER DEALING TRIBUNAL REPORT WHICH WERE CHALLENGED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CHEUNG KONG (HOLDINGS), MR LI KA SHING AND FOUR OF HIS DIRECTORS.
THE TUNGEMENT, DELIVERED. IN THE HICH COURT BY MR JUSTICO KEMPSTER, DISMISSED ALL THEIR APPLICATIONS IN A JUDICIAL REVIEW EARLIER THIS MONTH TO HAVE THEIR NAMES CLEARED FROM THE IMPLICATED
CULPABILITY CONTAINED IN THE REPORT.
THE PAPERS SAID MR LI AND THE FOUR OTHERS, MR CHOW CHIN-WO, MR ALBERT CHOW, MR GEORGE MAGNUS AND MR GEORGE ZANG, WERE QUICK TO REACT TO THE RULING BY ANNOUNCING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR CASE
TO THE COURT OF APPEAL.
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ROYAL VISIT
BOTH SCMP AND HK STANDARD GAVE FRONT PAGE COVERAGE TO THE START OF A THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
THE SCMP SAID AN ARMADA OF LOCAL VESSELS, DECKED OUT IN DRESS AS STEEPED IN TRADITION AS THE ROYAL FAMILY ITSELF, WILL GREET THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA AS SHE SAILS INTO THE HARBOUR THIS MORNING.
THE PAPER SAID THE COLOURFUL FLOTILLA, SALUTING THE QUEEN WITH THEIR SAILS, WILL SIGNAL THE START OF A WHIRLWIND TOUR WHICH HAS SEEN THE TERRITORY SPIT AND POLISH ITS BOOTS AND BUTTONS AND ROLL OUT A RED CARPET LONG ENOUGH TO TRANSVERSE QUEEN'S PIER AND CITY HALL.
IT SAID THE BRITANNIA, ANCHORED OFF LAMMA ISLAND ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WILL MOVE THROUGH LEI YUE MUN GAP INTO VICTORIA HARBOUR AT 9 AM.
IN AN INSIDE PAGE REPORT, THE SCMP SAID ABOUT 6,000 POLICEMEN WILL BE DEPLOYED TO CONTROL THE ESTIMATED 500,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO WATCH WEDNESDAY'S FIREWORKS DISPLAY TO MARK THE QUEEN'S VISIT.
THE FIGURE WAS DISCLOSED YESTERDAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, SENIOR ASST COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, GEORGE HINDHAUGH, WHO ADDED THAT IF THAT NUMBER TURNED OUT IT WOULD BE THE LARGEST CROWD IN
HK'S HISTORY,
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