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TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1990

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MORE BANKING OFFICES TO OPEN IN HK

HONG KONG WILL HAVE ONE JAPANESE BANK OPENING A FULL SERVICE BRANCH, A SUBSIDIARY COMPANY OBTAINING A DEPOSIT-TAKING REGISTRATION AND FIVE BANKS OPENING REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES BY THIS SUMMER.

MR ANTHONY

THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING, NICOLLE, THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING WHEN HE OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING THE HOKUETSU BANK'S HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE.

I REGARD ALL THIS AS A PARTICULAR MARK OF CONFIDENCE KONG AS A REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE," HE SAID.

OF.

IN HONG

"THE CLOSE AND CONTINUING LINKS BETWEEN JAPAN AND HONG KONG ARE IN BOTH PARTNERS' MUTUAL INTERESTS, HE ADDED.

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HOKUETSU BANK, WHICH HAS CHOSEN HONG KONG AS THE BASE FOR ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL OFFICE, IS THE FIRST REGIONAL BANK FROM JAPAN то OPEN AN OFFICE IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR.

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TERRITORY-WIDE ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE DRUG-FREE LIFE

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A SERIES OF TERRITORY-WIDE

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PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, ENTITLED

"SAY 'YES' TO LIFE", WILL START ON SATURDAY (APRIL 14) TO TIE IN WITH THE ANTI-DRUG GRAND CONCERT TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG COLISEUM ON JULY 1.

WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF $600,000 AND $200,000 FROM THE HONGKONG BANK FOUNDATION AND THE SHAW FOUNDATION RESPECTIVELY, THE TWO-HOUR CONCERT IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED (TVB) AND WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON TVB-JADE.

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MESSAGE, COLOURING

TO PROMOTE THE CONCERT AND THE DRUG-FREE HEALTHY LIFE A ROVING EXHIBITION, A SLOGAN DESIGN COMPETITION A COMPETITION AND A RADIO PROGRAMME HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS.

THESE ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO BE SPONSORED BY THE HONGKONG BANK FOUNDATION AND THE SHAW FOUNDATION.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), A MEMBER OF ACAN, MR PAO PING-WING, SAID THE PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES AND THE CONCERT ITSELF WERE AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE AND APPEALING TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND YOUNGSTERS IN PARTICULAR TO TAKE PART IN HEALTHY PURSUITS.

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