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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989

BANKING LICENCE GRANTED TO GERMAN BANK

*

BEEN

KONG,

A

GRANTED GOVERNMENT

A

BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT HAS

IN HONG BUSINESS CONDUCT BANKING LICENCE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY),

TO

REPUBLIC

OF

IT HAS

LARGEST

OPERATED

A

BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT IS THE FIFTH

GERMANY. IN THE FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN HONG KONG SINCE 1978.

BANK

OF FOREIGN KONG'S ROLE AS A

THE CONTINUING INTEREST THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BANKS IN ENTERING THE LOCAL MARKET REFLECTED HONG MAJOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE.

THE

GRANTING OF

THE

TOTAL

THE

OF LICENCE BRINGS

NUMBER ARE INCORPORATED OUTSIDE HONG LICENSED BANKS TO 161, OF WHICH 126 KONG. THE ABOVE BANK IS THE FIRST ONE LICENSED THIS YEAR.

GOVT APPROVES 'ACESULFAME-K' AS SWEETENER

KNOWN

A CHEMICAL COMPOUND, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, MORE COMMONLY

HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A PERMITTED AS ACESULFAME-K, ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER IN HONG KONG.

THE APPROVAL WAS GAZETTED TODAY

(FRIDAY).

A

SPOKESMAN FOR

THE

MUNICIPAL

BRANCH SAID FOOD ADULTERATION THE GOVERNOR

THE

SERVICES APPROVAL HAD FOLLOWED THE RECENT ENACTMENT OF THE (ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989 BY IN COUNCIL.

"THESE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS HAVE THE EFFECT OF ADDING

ITS SCHEDULE OF MAIN REGULATIONS ACESULFAME POTASSIUM IN ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS.

"FROM NOW ON, IT IS LEGAL TO COMPOUND AND FOOD CONTAINING IT.

то THE PERMITTED

IMPORT AND SELL THIS

CHEMICAL

APPROVED SWEETENER "THIS 13 THE FIFTH ARTIFICIAL

SACCHARIN, SACCHARIN THE OTHER FOUR ARE GOVERNMENT SO FAR. SACCHARIN CALCIUM AND ASPARTAME," THE SPOKESMAN NOTED.

BY THE SODIUM,

THE SPOKESMAN