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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1992
DIRECTOR OF MARINE ORDERS INQUIRY INTO SHIP COLLISION
MILLER,
A
TODAY (FRIDAY) PILOTAGE PRELIMINARY CONTAINER SHIP "DSR MILE
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY
CARRY OUT APPOINTED A NAUTICAL SURVEYOR TO INQUIRY INTO THE COLLISION INVOLVING THE GERMAN ATLANTIC" AND THE TAIWANESE CONTAINER SHIP "UNI-HUMANITY" HALF A SOUTHEAST OF TSING YI ISLAND.
THE SURVEYOR IS CAPTAIN CHEUNG TAI-KEE.
ESTABISH
OF
THE
THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUIRY IS TO
THE CAUSE ACCIDENT SO THAT THE PILOTAGE AUTHORITY WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, CAN DECIDE WHETHER A BOARD OF INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE CONVENED.
A REPORT ON THE INQUIRY AUTHORITY IN TWO MONTHS..
WILL BE
ΤΟ SUBMITTED
THE PILOTAGE
PM YESTERDAY
PILOTED THE
THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT ABOUT 9.30 BETWEEN THE PILOTED 34,200-TONNE "DSR ATLANTIC" WHICH WAS HEADING THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AND "UNI-HUMANITY".
(THURSDAY)
12,200-TONNE
DEPARTING HONG KONG FROM A THE LATTER WAS STONECUTTERS ISLAND. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED.
BUOY SOUTH OF
CONTAINER NORTH
ANCHORAGE
THE "DSR ATLANTIC" LATER CONTINUED TO PROCEED TO THE TERMINAL AND THE "UNI-HUMANITY" WAS TOWED TO WESTERN OF KAU YI CHAU.
BANKING LICENCE GRANTED TO HYAKUJUSHI BANK
SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
A GOVERNMENT HYAKUJUSHI BANK LTD HAD BEEN GRANTED A BANKING BUSINESS IN HONG KONG.
THAT
(FRIDAY)
THE LICENCE TO CONDUCT
THE HYAKUJUSHI BANK LTD IS THE 44TH LARGEST BANK IN JAPAN, AND RANKS 244TH IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF CAPITAL.
KONG.
PRIOR TO THE GRANTING OF THE BANKING LICENCE, THE BANK OPERATED A REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE AND A DEPOSIT-TAKING SUBSIDIARY IN HONG THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE WILL BE UPGRADED TO A BRANCH.
IN
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONTINUING INTEREST OF FOREIGN BANKS ENTERING THE LOCAL MARKET REFLECTED HONG KONG'S CONTINUED IMPORTANCE AS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE. THE LICENCE FOR THE HYAKUJUSHI BANK IS THE THIRD BANKING LICENCE GRANTED IN 1992.
THERE ARE NOW 162 LICENSED BANKS IN HONG KONG, OF WHICH 132 ARE INCORPORATED OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY.
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