LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1991
OCT 90 TO
OCT 89 TO
INCREASE
SEP 91
HK$ MN.
SEP 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
*
231,269
221,776
9,493
4. 3
500,261
384,311
115,950
30.2
731,530
606,087
125.443
20.7
748,673
598,419
150,254
25.1
-17,143
7.668
-24,811
BANKING LICENCE REVOKED
THE BANKING LICENCE OF AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM BANK N.V. HAS BEEN REVOKED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AT THE REQUEST BANK, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
(AMRO) OF THE
AMRO
"AMRO MERGED WITH ALGEMENE BANK NEDERLAND N.V. (ABN) ON SEPTEMBER 22. THE NEW ENTITY CREATED BY THE MERGER IS NAMED ABN BANK N.V. (ABN AMRO) AND IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PRIOR DEBTS AND OTHER LIABILITIES OF AMRO AND ABN, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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'AMRO AND ABN WERE GRANTED BANKING LICENCES TO OPERATE IN HONG KONG IN 1981 AND 1965 RESPECTIVELY.
"AFTER THE REVOCATION OF AMRO'S BANKING LICENCE, ABN AMRO WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY ON BANKING BUSINESS UNDER THE LICENCE PREVIOUSLY HELD BY ABN,' HE SAID.
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AFTER THE REVOCATION, THERE ARE
165
LICENSED BANKS IN HONG
KONG, OF WHICH 135 ARE INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG KONG.
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF CONSUMER COUNCIL APPOINTED
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR JUSTEIN WONG CHUN AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER THIS YEAR TO OCTOBER 6, 1993.
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MR WONG WAS FIRST APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL IN 1987, SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COUNCIL'S VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS.
HE IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER EDUCATION COMMITTEE, CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THE APPOINTMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE.
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