Review of the Role of the Official Receiver's Office

Consultation Paper

This consultation paper invites comments from the public on the outcome of a consultancy study on the role of the Official Receiver's Office in insolvency administration.

The Financial Services Branch, Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau has commissioned the study with a view to reviewing the existing role of the Official Receiver's Office in the provision of insolvency administration services and identifying what future role it should play, and what changes need to be made to its present modus operandi against the future role.

This paper sets out the findings and recommendations of the consultants. We would be grateful for comments from the public on them. Comments should be sent no later than 31 August 2002 to:

Financial Services Branch, 
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
18th Floor, Tower 1, Admiralty Centre,
18 Harcourt Road
Hong Kong
or faxed to 2528 3345, or emailed to elee@fsb.gov.hk.

Requests to treat all or part of a response in confidence will be respected. Should no such request be made, the Financial Services Bureau will assume that the response is not intended to be kept confidential.

The views expressed in the consultation paper are those of the consultants. The Financial Services Bureau has not taken a position on any of the consultants' conclusions and recommendations and will not do so before assessing the public's views on the paper.

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