| 1. | The hkma is currently consulting the banking industry on whether the minimum size criterion for licensing foreign banks in hong kong should be changed
金管局现正徵询银行界的意见，以研究应否修订向外资银行发牌所定的最低资产要求。 |
| 2. | One of the major proposals of the review is to remove the us 16 billion asset size criterion applicable to overseas - incorporated banks wishing to set up a branch in hong kong
检讨的其中一项主要建议是撤销适用于计划在香港设立分行的海外注册银行资产规模的准则，该准则现时为亿美元。 |
| 3. | Readers are aware of our view that the us 20 billion hurdle , in the form of a minimum asset size criterion for the establishment of a branch of a foreign bank in the mainland , is too high
对于外资银行在内地设行必须符合200亿美元最低资产的规定，读者都知道我们的看法是：这项要求太高了。 |
| 4. | Having said all this , i must point out , in case readers have not noticed , that we are in the embarrassing position that we too have a minimum size criterion in hong kong for the licensing of foreign bank branches
尽管这样，有些读者或者未有留意一点，就是香港发给准许外资银行设立本地分行的牌照时，其实同样设有最低资产的要求。 |
| 5. | The asset and deposit size criteria applicable to local bank applicants ( currently set at hk $ 4 billion and hk $ 3 billion respectively ) were extended to foreign bank applicants in place of a us $ 16 billion asset size criterion
适用于本地银行申请人的资产及客户存款额规定（现时分别定为40亿港元及30亿港元） ，已扩展至境外银行申请人，以取代原来资产额须达160亿美元的规定。 |
| 6. | We have , in fact , introduced flexibility in the application of this minimum size criterion , in that we have the power to override it when , in our opinion , that would help promote the interests of hong kong as an international financial centre
其实，我们在实施最低资产要求时已经采用较灵活的做法，就是若经评审认为豁免执行资产要求，将有助促进香港国际金融中心的地位，我们便会考虑行使豁免权。 |
| 7. | Replacing the us 16 billion asset size criterion for overseas - incorporated bank applicants by the much lower balance sheet size criteria applicable to locally incorporated bank applicants , which are currently hk 3 billion for customer deposits and hk 4 billion for total assets
取消境外注册申请机构须有亿美元资产规模的准则，代之以适用于本地注册申请机构的较低的资产负债表规模准则现时为客户存款亿港元及总资产亿港元 |
| 8. | And for those who are fortunate enough to have been admitted before the introduction of the size criterion , they can alternatively lobby and hope for a favourable outcome of beijings consideration of the " grandfathering " proposal that we have already put on the table on their behalf
至于在内地实施这项规定前就已经获准进入内地银行业市场的银行，它们或许可以选择进行游说，并期望金管局代表它们向北京提出的不追溯建议会得到接纳。 |
| 9. | By using serial correlation test and cross - section test through the data of the share companies that were listed in shanghai stock exchange before 16th oct 1998 , the size effects in china stock market was tested in the period from 16th oct 1998 to 26th oct 2001 . all the share companies which in total 373 were grouped into 11 according to four different criterions . these four different criterions were total circulating captal stocks , total circulating market value , total capital stocks , total value of a share company . through the correlation test between the abnormal return rate and the size of the group , no size effect was found through the size criterion of the total value and the total circulating value except only one period
运用序列相关性我国股票市场的小公司效应进行实证检验，所采用的样本是在1998年10月16日以前挂牌上市的373家上市公司从1998年10月16日到2001年10月26日，共150周的交易数据。对公司进行以规模大小分组时，分别采用了流通市值、流通股本、总市值和总股本四种不同的标准进行投资超额收益率规模相关性分析，发现以总市值和流通市值为规模标准的实证结果除个别时期内存在着小公司效应外，其它时期并不存在小公司效应，而以总股本和流通股本为标准的小公司效应最为明显；另外，小公司效应在统计区间内表现出时段性。 |
| 10. | Instead of the us 16 billion asset size criterion , it is proposed that foreign banks should be subject to the same size criteria with respect to total assets and customer deposits as locally incorporated banks proposed to be increased to hk 5 billion and hk 4 billion respectively , thereby applying a consistent treatment to all applicants for a banking licence irrespective of their place of incorporation
根据建议，撤销亿美元的资产规模准则后，境外银行将与本地注册银行一样，须遵守相同的总资产及客户存款规模准则建议分别增加至亿港元及亿港元。据此，所有银行牌照申请人，无论是在本港或海外注册成立，均须遵守一致的规模准则。 |
