THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY BUY COPIES OF THE SURVEY REPORT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL
CONNAUGHT OFFICE BUILDING,
PLACE, OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $9 PER COPY.
FROM
POST
SALES
WANCHAI
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE
BUSINESS QUARTERLY THE OBTAINED FROM
OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 839 3223.
MAY SURVEY THE CENSUS
BE AND
FOREIGN BANKS SHOW CONTINUING INTEREST IN HK MARKET
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT
BEEN GRANTED A BANKING LICENCE DE CREDITO, S.A. (BANESTO) HAD CONDUCT BUSINESS IN HONG KONG.
BANCO ESPANOL
ΤΟ
BANESTO IS THE THIRD LARGEST BANK IN SPAIN AND THE WORLD IN TERMS OF CAPITAL.
RANKS 59TH IN
PRIOR ΤΟ
GRANTING THE
OF THE
BANKING
LICENCE,
THE
BANK
OPERATED A REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN HONG KONG.
THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE WILL BE UPGRADED TO A BRANCH.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CONTINUING INTEREST OF FOREIGN BANKS
CONTINUED IMPORTANCE ENTERING THE LOCAL MARKET REFLECTED HONG KONG'S AS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE.
THE LICENCE FOR BANESTO IS THE FOURTH BANKING
THIS YEAR.
IN
LICENCE GRANTED
THERE ARE NOW 163 LICENSED BANKS IN HONG ARE INCORPORATED OUTSIDE THE TERRITORY,
KONG, OF WHICH 133
CHINESE OFFICIALS TO VISIT HK
* * *
AT THE INVITATION OF THE
HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT,
A
GROUP OF
EIGHT CHINESE OFFICIALS WILL VISIT HONG KONG FROM NOVEMBER 18 TO 27.
DEPUTY
OF
FOREIGN
THE DELEGATION WILL RE LED BY MR WANG GUISHENG,
MINISTRY OFFICE, DIRECTOR, HONG KONG AND MACAO AFFAIRS (MFA).
AFFAIRS
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE MEMBERS FROM THE MFA, FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE OF TIANJIN MUNICIPALITY, FOREIGN
SHANGHAI OFFICE OF MUNICIPALITY, AND GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE.
AFFAIRS
/THE VISIT