THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1990
HE SAID THE OPENING OF THE PETER SCOTT CENTRE, WHICH WAS AFTER A VERY GREAT NATURALIST AND A PIONEER OF CONSERVATION,
OF HISTORY
THE MAI PO ANOTHER IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN RESERVE.
THE
NAMED WAS YET NATURE
THE NEW CENTRE WILL PROVIDE ON-SITE STAFF FROM CHINA AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COURSES WHICH ARE MARSHES.
FOR ACOMMODATION
RESERVE WETLAND MANAGEMENT AND BEING OFFERED AT MAI PO
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALERS
*
THE
OFFICE
OF
OF
CONDUCTED BY A SURVEY
THE COMMISSIONER
BANKS AND DEPOSIT BANKING ON 52 OF THE MOST ACTIVE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALERS TAKING COMPANIES SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYED BY THESE INSTITUTIONS ROSE FROM 657 TO 662 LAST YEAR.
MR ANTHONY NICOLLE. SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING,
THIS
THE AT
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN HE SPOKE
CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE BANKING IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AT THE HONG KONG.
THESE DAYS TO COLOUR HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS FASHIONABLE
EXAMPLE THE ANY ASSESSMENT OF HONG KONG WITH PESSIMISM, CITING AS AN
SUPPOSED STRONG EXODUS OF
EXCHANGE CONSTANT HARPING ON A
FOREIGN
DEALERS.
OUT AND
TO GET MATTERS INTO PERSPECTIVE, A SURVEY WAS CARRIED THE RESULT SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER OF DEALERS ROSE, ALBEIT MODESTLY.
"OF COURSE OUR FUTURE HAS A NUMBER
THESE MASK THE OPPORTUNITIES
OF
WHICH
UNCERTAINTIES.
LIE
BUT AHEAD,"
WE MR
MUST NOT LET NICOLLE SAID.
"NEITHER SHOULD WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE DETERRED POSITIVE STEPS TO OVERCOME OUR DIFFICULTIES, FOR EXAMPLE UP OUR TRAINING EFFORT.
"THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IS THAT OF THE BANKING TRAINING COUNCIL," HE SAID.
FROM TAKING BY STEPPING
CRUCIAL, AS IS
MR NICOLLE SAID IT REPORTING GOOD RESULTS FOR LAST
TURNING TO HONG KONG'S BANKING INDUSTRY, WAS IN GOOD HEALTH AND BANKS WERE YEAR.
**THEY ARE
CONFORMING
TO
THE
AHEAD
OF
MANY
ALREADY WELL-CAPITALISED, INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL ADEQUACY STANDARDS, THREE YEARS OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS.
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