TIT
MONDAY, MAY 11, 1992
HE WELCOMED THE SLOWING RECENT MONTHS.
DOWN OF THE GROWTH
OF LENDING IN
THAT UNTIL IT BECAME CLEAR THAT INSTITUTIONS SHOULD
HOWEVER, HE CAUTIONED, CONDITIONS IN THE HOUSING MARKET HAD STABILISED, CONTINUE TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN THEIR MORTGAGE LENDING.
YEARS OF FOREIGN DEPOSITS
THE REPORT NOTED THAT THE TREND IN PREVIOUS CURRENCY DEPOSITS GROWING MORE RAPIDLY THAN HONG KONG DOLLAR WAS REVERSED IN 1991.
FUNDS
KONG DOLLARS MR CARSE BELIEVED THAT THE SWITCH BACK INTO HONG MIGHT HAVE PARTLY REFLECTED THE BUILDING UP OF HONG KONG DOLLAR BY INVESTORS IN RESPONSE TO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
OF
SUPERVISORY RESOURCES MR CARSE SAID DESPITE THE IMPACT ON
THE NUMBER OF THE CLOSURE OF BCCHK, HIS OFFICE WAS ABLE TO INCREASE OFF-SITE REVIEWS, ON-SITE EXAMINATIONS AND PRUDENTIAL INTERVIEWS.
PARTICULARLY
EFFORTS ON ON-SITE FOR LOCALLY
THE OFFICE AIMS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN ITS EXAMINATION
THE IN INCORPORATED INSTITUTIONS.
COMING YEARS,
THE STRUCTURE OF THE OFFICE HAS BEEN REORGANISED TO AND IMPROVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS.
STREAMLINE
INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE SAME UNDER THE NEW STRUCTURE,
UNDER COMMON GROUP AND WITH COMMON CHARACTERISTICS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OVERSIGHT.
PEER
THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT PER COPY.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISITING CHINA
SALES $28
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING,
A FIVE-MEMBER DELEGATION HEADED BY THE DR PETER K.S. PUN, IS CURRENTLY VISITING BEIJING AND SHANGHAI.
VISIT
MAY (FROM
10 TO MAY 17), DURING THE EIGHT-DAY DELEGATION WILL EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE WITH EXPERTS IN THE TWO CITIES AND DEVELOPMENT ORDER TO GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ON PLANNING CHINA IN GENERAL AND IN THOSE CITIES IN PARTICULAR.
MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION
THE
IN
IN
INCLUDE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN DR TED PRYOR; CHIEF TOWN SIT-MING; CHIEF TOWN PLANNER AND SENIOR
SUB-REGIONAL), PLANNER (TERRITORIAL AND PLANNER (TERRITORIAL STUDIES), MR LAU (TRANSPORT STUDIES AND CENTRAL DATA), MR ALAN KAM WAI-YIP TOWN PLANNER (INFORMATION AND TRAINING), MS HEIDI CHAN YUET-MEI.
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