Re-appointment of non-executive director to SFC
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    The Financial Secretary has re-appointed Mrs Angelina Lee as a non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) under the authority delegated by the Chief Executive for a term of two years, from August 1, 2008, to July 31, 2010.

    Announcing the appointment today (July 4), a government spokesman said, ¡§As a non-executive director of the SFC, Mrs Angelina Lee has brought insightful and independent advice to the SFC¡¦s policy formulation process over the past two years.  We look forward to her continued contribution to the work of the SFC.¡¨

    The SFC currently has seven non-executive directors.  The other non-executive directors are Dr York Liao, Mr Christopher Cheng, Professor Liu Pak-wai, Mr Kenneth Kwok, Mr Shengman Zhang and Mr Chan Kam-lam.

Ends/Friday, July 4, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:30

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