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MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1990

THIS COURSE 18 FOR TEACHERS WITH EXPERIENCE AFTER THEIR INITIAL TRAINING.

AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF

THE PARTY WHO TOURED THE ANNEXE INCLUDED CHAIRMAN, MR TIMOTHY HA, AND MEMBERS MR CHAN BRIAN COOKE, MRS MINNIE LAT, MS SO YAN-LAP, SANSAN CHING.

MRS

THE COMMITTEE'S NEW

YING-LUN, PROFESSOR NANDY YUNG, AND MS

HK CELEBRATES CUSTOMS DAY

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ADMINISTRATION IN THE

HONG KONG, AS AN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL. [CCC) SINCE 1987. CELEBRATED THE INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY TODAY (MONDAY).

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MR PATRICK WILLIAMSON, THIS EVENING HOSTED A COCKTAIL RECEPTION WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 200 GUESTS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, OMELCO MEMBERS. CONSULS-GENERAL

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.

AND

SENFOR

EXECUTIVES

OF

WAS SRT UP IN

THE CCC. NOW WITH 104 MEMBER ADMINISTRATIONS, 1953 WITH A MUTUAL GOAL. OF PROMOTING CO-OPERATION, HARMONY AND UNJ FORMITY, AND PERCULATION OF INFORMATION AMONG ITS MEMBERS.

THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY SERVES AS A MEANS OF PROMOTING CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION IN THE INTERESTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE,

ALSO INTENDED TO FORGE CLOSE LINKS DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND CUSTOMS

AND 18

OF

AMONG CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ADMINISTRATIONS.

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME HONG KONG CELEBRATED THE CUSTOMS DAY SINOV BECOMING AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE 1987.

INTERNATIONAL

CCC IN JULY

SIZE CRITERIA POR BANKING LICENCE APPLICANTS

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A GOLFINMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE SIZE CRITERIA FOR BANKING LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN BANKS AND LOCALLY INCORPORATED COMPANIES ARE TO REMAIN UNCHANGED.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT APPLIˇATIONS FOR BANKING LICENCES ARI JUDGED AGAINST CERTAIN SPECIFIED CRITERIA, ONE OF WIFECH IS SIZE 45 MEASURED BY TOTAL ASSETS [LESS CONTRA ITEMS) FOR FOREIGN APPLICANTS AND TOTAL ASSETS (LPSS CONTRA ITEMS) AND DEPOSITS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR LOCAL APPLICANTS.

/THE SIZE