It is hereby notified that with effect from 7 January 2006, the following newspapers have been approved by the Chief Secretary for Administration for the purpose of the publication of statutory notices under section 24(3)(a) and 25D(4)(a) of the Insurance Companies Ordinance (Chapter 41):-

Chinese Newspapers	English Newspapers
Sing Tao Daily	South China Morning Post
Wen Wei Po	The Standard
Oriental Daily News	Weekend Standard
Sing Pao Daily News	Quamnet.com
Ming Pao Daily News	Finet Newswires
Hong Kong Economic Journal	irasia.com
Hong Kong Daily News	International Herald Tribune
Hong Kong Commercial Daily	China Daily Hong Kong Edition
Hong Kong Economic Times	The Financial Times
Ta Kung Pao	The Wall Street Journal Asia
Apple Daily	etnet.com.hk
The Sun
Quamnet.com
etnet.com.hk

It is further notified that this notice supersedes Gazette notice G.N. 570 dated 4 February 2005.

It is hereby notified that with effect from 7 January 2006, the following newspapers have been specified/approved by the Chief Secretary for Administration for the purpose of the publication of statutory notices under section 71A(3)(a) of the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32) and section 5(3)(ii) and (iii) of the Transfer of Businesses (Protection of Creditors) Ordinance (Chapter 49) :-

Chinese Newspapers	English Newspapers
Sing Tao Daily	South China Morning Post
Wen Wei Po	The Wall Street Jounnal Asia
Oriental Daily News	China Daily Hong Kong Edition
Sing Pao Daily News	The Financial Times
Ming Pao Daily News	The Standard
Hong Kong Economic Journal	Weekend Standard
Hong Kong Daily News	Quamnet.com
Hong Kong Commercial Daily	Finet Newswires
Hong Kong Economic Times	irasia.com
Ta Kung Pao	International Herald Tribune
Apple Daily	etnet.com.hk
The Sun
Quamnet.com
etnet.com.hk

It is further notified that this notice supersedes Gazette notices G.N. 1036 and G.N. 1034 dated 13 February 2004.