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on excessive interest rates should not apply to any loans

specified in the First Schedule that are made to a company

with a paid up share capital of not less than $1 million.

Additions have also been made to the list of exemptions in the first schedule to include a loan made to a company with more than $1 million paid up share capital, a loan for the

purpose of import and export financing, a loan upon terms involving the issue of securities with a prospectus, and a

loan made to publicly listed company on Exchange of Hong Kong or other approved stock exchanges.

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The Registrar may, after consultation

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the Financial Secretary, exempt a class of money

lender, or a loan, or class of loan, by a class of money lender from all or any of the provisions of the Ordinance. The Registrar may also, upon application by a money lender, exempt him from specified provisions of the Ordinance.

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Sir, I move that the debate on this motion be

now adjourned.

Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.

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