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Meanwhile, the Education Department will invite members of the three educational publishers associations and independent publishers to participate in the scheme.
The Chairman of the Chinese Textbooks Committee, Mr Szeto Wah and Vice- chairman, Mr Chan Ting-lap will meet the publishers and explain details of the scheme at Rooms 105-106, Hong Kong Teachers' Centre, 4 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, at 2.30 pm on November 6, 1995.
End/Friday, October 27, 1995
HKMA now a member of SEANZA
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) today (Friday) became a member of the South East Asia, New Zealand, Australia (SEANZA), a regional central bank forum.
The application of HKMA to become a member was approved unanimously by the SEANZA Council of Governors at its meeting in Beijing today.
"As a relative newcomer to the central banking fraternity, we are keen to develop co-operation with central banks in the region," said the Chief Executive of HKMA, Mr Joseph Yam, in his address to the Council of Governors.
"We look forward to making use of this forum to exchange views and enhance co-operation with all other members on matters of common interest."
SEANZA started its activities in 1956 and now has 18 members comprising central banks and monetary authorities from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
It provides a forum for exchange among central banks in the region. Members of SEANZA alternate in hosting a Central Banking Course once every two years that provides intensive training to central bank officials in the region.
The SEANZA Council of Governors' meetings are attended by senior central bank officials to exchange views on economic development and various aspects of regional co-operation.
End/Friday, October 27, 1995