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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1987
BANKING LICENCE REVOKED
THE DEUTSCHE BANK AG HAS HAD ITS BANKING LICENCE REVOKED AS IT HAS CEASED TO CARRY ON BANKING BUSINESS IN HONG KONG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE BANK'S BANKING ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED то DEUTSCHE BANK (ASIA) FORMERLY EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK, WHICH IS NOW 100 PER CENT OWNED BY THE DEUTSCHE BANK AG.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH THE REVOCATION OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG'S LICENCE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENCED BANKS IN HONG KONG IS NOW 154. OF WHICH 119 ARE INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG KONG.
FEES FOR QUARANTINE CERTIFICATE REVISED
THE PORT HEALTH OFFICE WILL INCREASE ITS CHARGES FOR THE ISSUE OF QUARANTINE CERTIFICATES TO AIRCRAFT AND VESSELS BEGINNING FROM OCTOBER 1.
THE NEW CHARGES ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY) UNDER THE QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE (SCALE OF CHARGES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1987.
FEES FOR THE ISSUE OF A DERRATING CERTIFICATE AND A DERRATING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE FOR VESSELS WILL GO UP FROM $900 TO $1,200, AND FROM $520 TO $700 RESPECTIVELY.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CHARGE FOR THE SUPERVISION BY PORT HEALTH STAFF OF THE DISINSECTING OF AIRCRAFT PLUS CERTIFICATION WILL INCREASE FROM $150 TO $220.
INSPECTION OF VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT AND THE ISSUE OF QUARANTINE CERTIFICATES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION.
THE FEE REVISION WAS PROPOSED AS A RESULT OF A EXERCISE CARRIED OUT LAST YEAR TO RECOVER THE FULL COST OF VARIOUS SERVICES. THE LAST REVISION WAS MADE IN 1983.
COSTING PROVIDING
THE AVIATION AND SHIPPING INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN CONSULTED THROUGH THE BOARD OF AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE HONG KONG PORTS OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE NEW CHARGES.
IN 1986, A TOTAL OF 2,535 VESSELS WERE INSPECTED BY THE PORT HEALTH OFFICE AND A TOTAL OF 424 DERRATING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES AND ONE DERRATING CERTIFICATE WERE ISUED. NO REQUEST WAS MADE BY AIRLINE FOR THE DISINSECTING OF AIRCRAFT.
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