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Monetary Authority of Singapore Amendment Bill
SPEECH - Second reading speech of the Banking Amendment Bill by Lee Hsien Loong, DPM, Singapore and Chairman, MAS.
Singapore's Lee says Singapore $ policy unchanged
SINGAPORE - Singapore will maintain its policy of a "gently appreciating band" for the Singapore dollar and expects positive economic growth in 2001, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told parliament on Apr 19.
BOK appoints two new assistant governors
SOUTH KOREA - Choi Chang-ho, 54, director of the monetary policy department of the Bank of Korea, and Lee Jae-wook, 55, director of the international department, were promoted on Apr 4 to assistant governors of the central bank.
BoE Plenderleith comments on sterling bond market
SPEECH - In a speech to a conference organised by the Association of British Insurers on Apr 2, 2001, Ian Plenderleith, executive director of the Bank of England and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, reviews developments in the sterling non-gilt…
E-banking conference to be held in Philippines
Philippine government officials, bankers, businessmen, academics, and other observers of the Philippine economy will tackle the challenges and opportunities of electronic banking at a conference being held by the Philippines central bank.
MAS chair quizzed on currency, emoney, regulation
Lee Hsein Loong, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Board of the Monetary Authgirty of Singapore, answers parliamentary questions about whether there will be a devaluation of the Singapore dollar, about introducting electronic payment…
Korea regulator urges banks to lower deposit rates
The chairman of South Korea's regulatory Financial Supervisory Commission on Feb 21, 2001 called on banks to lower deposit rates.
Indonesian Wahid's advisers say rethink c.bank law
Prominent foreign advisers to Indonesia's embattled president, including ex-Fed chairman Paul Volcker, urged him to stick with the IMF and to drop current proposals to revamp the central bank law which have become a nasty thorn in relations with the Fund.
MAS can ease rupiah woes, says Gus Dur
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said that he disagreed with Singapore's senior minister Lee Kuan Yew over the role the Monetary Authority of Singapore could play in stopping commercial banks from speculating on the rupiah.
S'pore names health min Lim as MAS deputy chairman
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city state's central bank, said on Tuesday that Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang has been appointed deputy chairman with effect from January.