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(i) the address of the principal place of business of the company in Hong Kong; and

(ii) the respective addresses of the principal place of business, if any, and the registered office (or its equivalent) of the company in the place of its incorporation;

(d) a memorandum of appointment or power of attorney or other document under the seal of the company or executed on its behalf in such manner as to be binding on the company authorizing any person named under paragraph (c) to accept service of process and any notices on behalf of the company, together with a certified translation thereof if such memorandum or power of attorney or other document is in a language other than English;

(e) a certified copy of the company's certificate of incorporation, together with a certified translation thereof if the certificate is in a language other than English; and

(f) except in the case of a company referred to in section 336(6), a certified copy of the latest accounts of the company in the form required by the law of the place of its incorporation, or, if no such requirement is in force under the law of that place, in the form in which the accounts of the company are submitted to the members of the company, together with a certified translation thereof if the accounts are in a language other than English:

Provided that-

(i) a body corporate or a firm other than a firm of solicitors or professional accountants shall not be authorized to accept on behalf of any oversea company service of process or any notices required to be served on the company;

(ii) in the case of a firm of solicitors or professional accountants so authorized, it shall be sufficient for the purpose of paragraph (c) to deliver the name of the firm

A and its business address in Hong Kong.

(2) The list referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall contain the following particulars-

(a) with respect to each director-

(i) in the case of an individual, his present forename and surname and any former forename or surname (including, in the case of a Chinese director, the Chinese characters for any such forename or surname if they are used by such director), any alias, his usual residential address, his nationality, his business occupation (which shall be stated with sufficient particularity to enable identification of the duties attaching to that occupation), if any, or, if he has no business occupation but holds any other directorship or directorships, particulars of that directorship or of some one of those directorships;