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The Government announced today (July 18) the Chief Executive had appointed Mr Allan Zeman, JP and Mr Kevin Anthony Westley as the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation respectively for the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004.

The Chief Executive has also appointed the following as members of the board for the same period:

Mr John Chu Ka-yan

Mr Randolph Frederick Guthrie Jr

Mr Leo Kung Lin-cheng

Mr Adrian Li Man-kiu

Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee

Mr James E Thompson

Dr Eden Woon

In addition to the above appointments, the Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs has been re-appointed to the board for the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004.

The Government also announced that Mr Winston Leong Kwok-wai and Professor Brian Sydney Morton, JP have resigned from the board with effect from June 30 this year.

End/Friday, July 18, 2003

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