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IN

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1992

IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING

UNEMPLOYMENT

AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.

IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN

PUBLISHED FOUR REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS TIMES A YEAR.

THE

BE

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1992 WILL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AROUND JUNE 20 AT $15.5 PER COPY.

BANKING COMMISSIONER SATISFIED WITH HSBC SUPERVISORY ARRANGEMENTS

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, THE

TODAY (TUESDAY) MR DAVID CARSE, SAID

EFFECTIVE

SUPERVISORY

COMMISSIONER OF BANKING,

HE WAS SATISFIED THAT

BE

FOR THE.

THAT WOULD ARRANGEMENTS

ENLARGED HSBC HOLDINGS GROUP.

MR CARSE ADDED

HSBC

DISCUSSIONS WITH

HE THAT

HOLDINGS

HAS BEEN AND THE

PROPOSED MERGER WITH THE MIDLAND BANK.

ESTABLISHED

CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE BANK OF

ON ENGLAND

THE

SUPERVISORY PRINCIPLES,

"IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL IS INTENDED THAT THE BANK OF ENGLAND WILL BE THE THE HSBC HOLDINGS GROUP AS A WHOLE.

"

IT

LEAD SUPERVISOR OF

ITSELF WILL

то CONTINUE

BE

ITS

CHAIRMAN HEAD OFFICE,

"THE HONGKONGBANK CONTROLLED IN HONG KONG WITH EXECUTIVE BASED HERE. SUPERVISION OF THE TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HONG KONG CARSE SAID.

MANAGED AND AND CHIEF HONGKONGBANK WILL CONTINUE BANKING COMMISSIONER, MR

++

DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES TO RETIRE

DIRECTOR OF

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE FIRE SERVICES, MR JOHN MARCH, WILL RETIRE ON JULY 1 THIS YEAR.

HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE

BRIEF

OFFICERS:

BIOGRAPHICAL

NOTES ON THE

TWO

/MR JOHN